[CentOS] how to install CentOS onto a USB flash drive from Windows?

Tue Dec 14 13:50:05 UTC 2010
John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com>

From: Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at SoftDux.com>

> Can anyone please point me to a link with instructions on how  to
> install CentOS 5 onto a USB flash drive, preferably from Windows?
> I  would like to create a full running CentOS installation (with
> minimal  packages obviously) that runs off a USB flash drive, and I
> don't have a Linux  machine to use for this installation right now.

Why not just boot from the CentOS DVD and do a normal install on the USB drive?
But watch out not to "burn out" you USB drive (limited number of writes).

JD