[CentOS] problems with burning i386 centos 6 dvd

Fri Jul 15 21:54:56 UTC 2011
Keith Roberts <keith at karsites.net>

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

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