m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >>> Ok, there's been discussion, including, I think, on the wiki web page, >>> that syslinux is not correct. At any rate, after enough experimentation, >>> I have a working install on a USB key. The procedure is: >>> >>> Using fdisk, partition your key: one partition, VFAT (type b, and toggle >>> the bootable flag), about 9M or 10M, and a second partition big enough >>> to hold a DVD. That should be type 83 (Linux native). >>> >>> mkfs -t vfat <the DOS partition) >>> mkfs <the Linux partition >>> >>> liveCD-iso-to-disk <.iso, w/ full path> /dev/<USB DOS partition> >>> mount <USB Linux partition> /mnt >>> cp <CentOS.iso> /mnt/ >>> >>> You're done. You do have to tell it "install from hard disk", and then >>> point it to the Linux partition. >>> >>> I just did this and tested it (or at least as far as the "searching for >>> existing CentOS installations). >>> >>> >> Following these instructions, what iso do I use for the >> livecd-iso-to-disk step? >> > > I used the full, one DVD .iso. > That doesn't work for me. # livecd-iso-to-disk /home/bowieb/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso /dev/sda1 Verifying image... /home/bowieb/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso: 97c0b2ed5d08f0e24e1e516362059032 Fragment sums: 67686679ec95a9255099cbed11cc51d998abee91a1f91fc7a2361554e54e Fragment count: 20 Percent complete: 100.0% Fragment[20/20] -> OK 100.0 The supported flag value is 0 The media check is complete, the result is: PASS. It is OK to install from this media. Unable to fit live image + overlay on available space on USB stick Size of live image: 3991 Overlay size: Available space: 13 Cleaning up to exit... The DVD iso is 4GB and the DOS partition is only 10M (per your instructions). Shouldn't the boot.iso or something else go here? -- Bowie