i definitely had the same experience back then. Anybody had luck with simply dd a current CentOS iso. I wonder if RedHat supports ISOHybrid? On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85750 at yahoo.com> wrote: >> > > > ________________________________ > > From: Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 11:26 AM >>Subject: Re: [CentOS] idea: "hybrid" iso images? > >> >>On 15.04.2013 19:07, Joseph Spenner wrote: >>> In order to create a bootable CentOS installation USB thumb drive, >>> there are several steps one must follow. The process often involves >>> using a Windows box, which can be kinda annoying. >>> >>> The Linux Mint distro has what they call a "Hybrid" iso image. >>> (see: http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/744 ) >>> >>> This image can be written to a thumb drive and used for installation >>> simply by performing: >>> >>> # dd /path/to/image.iso of=/dev/sdb >>> (where /dev/sdb is the thumb drive device). >>> >>> This thumb drive can now be booted and used for installation. >>> The same image.iso file can be written to CD/DVD to create the >>> installation media as well. >>> >>> >>> Is this a complicated ISO build process? I'm frequently installing >>> to systems without CD/DVD drives, so this would come in handy. > >> Centos ISOs have been "hybrid" for a while now AFAIK. Have you tried >> them and did not work? > > ===================================== > > Nux: > > I just tried again, using an 8G thumb drive, with the > CentOS-6.4-x86_64-minimal.iso image on my 64bit Dell laptop, and got a > quick error: > "no boot sector found on USB device" > It then proceeded to boot the next device in the boot order list. > I also tried it on 2 other Dell servers, and neither would boot the thumb drive. > > I then dd'd the latest Linux Mint iso to the same thumb drive, and it worked fine on my laptop. > So, perhaps the CentOS images can not (yet) be used this way. > Have you tried? > > Thanks for the reply! > > Regards, > Joseph Spenner > > ______________________________________________________________________ > If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. > "♥ Sticker" fixer: http://microflush.org/stuff/stickers/heartFix.html > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos