Hi Mike yes, id does. I have here a HP Elite Book which requested an UEFI install. I put a micro SD with Fedora 25 into the slot, tell the laptop to boot from there, and off it goes. No problem sofar. suomi On 03/17/2017 06:10 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2017, John R Pierce wrote: > >> DD the CentOS ISO onto a USB stick. boot from USB, format HD with >> anaconda, install as desired, done. > > Thanks. > More or less the answer I was hoping for. > My recollection had been that even when possible, > booting from USB involved black magic. > This helped: > Pete Biggs <pete at biggs.org.uk> >> Some do, some don't. They all come with USB ports though. >> >> https://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey > > > I have a bunch of SD cards and a interface. > > This should work: > download CentOS iso > dd it to an SD card through USB interface (as the entire volume, not to > a file) > plug in SD card to USB port on laptop > turn on laptop > hit <escape>/<delete>/<F666>/<whatever> to get to BIOS > tell BIOS to boot from USB > follow instructions > > Correct? > > Will it still work if it has UEFI? > > -- > Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu > "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical > reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young > goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods >> >> >> >> >