On Jun 1, 2015, at 4:59 PM, g <geleem at bellsouth.net> wrote: > all of which brings me back to my original question; > > how can i make usb stick bootable from linux? It depends on how you put content on the USB stick. Typically, I just ‘dd’ the installation DVD to the USB device, that way there’s no messing around. You can also follow the instructions here: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey Of course, I have no idea how you’d do anything with an OS other than Windows. -- Jonathan Billings <billings at negate.org>