On Tue, 14 Dec 2010, John Doe wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: John Doe <jdmls at yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] how to install CentOS onto a USB flash drive from > Windows? > > 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). Not tried that yet, but when using a USB drive for doing a kickstart installation, the USB drive is recognised by anaconda as sda1, and offered as an installation option in the partitioner dialogue. Kind Regards, Keith Roberts -- In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. This email was sent from my laptop with Centos 5.5