On 07/10/2014 01:20 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I tried dd-ing the ISO onto a USB stick, as suggested in > <http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS7>, > but it didn't boot. > Did anyone have better luck with this? > > In any case, I got it working by running livecd-iso-to-disk > on a Fedora-20 laptop. > I've found before that this is the best program around > for the purpose. > > But I've 2 queries about this: > > 1. Why isn't this program available on CentOS? > > 2. I find it strange the using a USB stick > seems to be regarded as an out-of-the-ordinary idea. > Are people still burning CDs or DVDs? And if so why? > > I would have thought the time had come > to make USB sticks the standard installation method? > Certainly it should be treated on a par with DVDs. > > I have two HP MicroServers running under CentOS, > and these don't come with a DVD drive. > I assumed this was becoming more or less standard? > I did all of my test installs from USB, so it does work. The command is: dd if=./<name>.iso of=/dev/<device> Obviously the name would be something like: CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso or CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-NetInstall.iso or any other of the isos It is critical that the device the the device name and not a partition name. In CentOS-6, you can use "Application => System Tools => Disk Utility" to find your USB stick's device name. For example, /dev/sdd (device) would be used, not /dev/sdd1 (partition) You also have to run the command as root. So, a working command would be, as root (if your usb stick was /dev/sdd): dd if=./CentOS-7.0-1406-x86_64-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdd I have boot that exact USB stick on an older BIOS only Dell Laptop (m4500) with no UEFI, a new Thinkpad with UEFI secure boot mode on and off, and a M5A99X EVO R2.0 motherboard with UEFI and secureboot on and off. Installs were conducted on all with no issues. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20140710/1df32785/attachment-0004.sig>