On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> > From: Ljubomir Ljubojevic <office at plnet.rs> > Subject: Re: [CentOS] problems with burning i386 centos 6 dvd > > Keith Roberts wrote: >> On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, yonatan pingle wrote: >> >> *snip* >> >>> Any pros vs cons on using a bootable USB thumb drive instead of CD/DVD ? >>> >>> this might be the better solution as the images just grow larger and >>> larger each update. >>> >>> I find it much faster to install from USB. >> >> I think that's an option I'm going to have to look into. I >> suppose you would mount the iso image, and copy the files >> directly to the USB flash drive? > > There are apps/scripts that convert DVD/CD ISO file for use on USB thumb > drive. There were even suggestions on one of centos mailing lists I > think, and net is full of howto's. > > So no, it is not just copy, You need it to boot the installer. OK, that's something I will take a look at ASAP. Thanks Keith ----------------------------------------------------------------- Websites: http://www.karsites.net http://www.php-debuggers.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk All email addresses are challenge-response protected with TMDA [http://tmda.net] -----------------------------------------------------------------