On 07/12/2011 09:59 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote: > centos-bounces at centos.org wrote: > >> this machine can boot only from a ... HardDrive. USB is not an > option. > > What I did: Move said hard drive to a system that has a DVD, and install > there. > I had to "tweak a few things" because of how the install process worked, > and the differences in hardware between this DVD-capable system and my > target systems, but, after said futzing, I had a HD that would boot my > target systems, and I could dupe the drive for all the product we make. > > After that, the drive is a "programmable part", and the code we run is > an application we update in the field... > ...if you're a server environment, your hurdles will not be the same as > mine. > > > Insert spiffy .sig here: > Life is complex: it has both real and imaginary parts. > Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the > moments that take our breath away. > > With an HP DL140 we open the cover and temporarily plug in a standard atapi 5.25 DVD drive in place of the CD drive. -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Sr. Software Engineer III Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110712/33538c0c/attachment-0005.html>