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 > > > > -- Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "Sorry but your password must contain an uppercase letter, a number, a haiku, a gang sign, a heiroglyph, and the blood of a virgin." -- someeecards