m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Boweie wrote: > >> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> >>> Bowie wrote: >>> >>>> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Ok, there's been discussion, including, I think, on the wiki web page, >>>>> that syslinux is not correct. At any rate, after enough >>>>> experimentation, >>>>> I have a working install on a USB key. The procedure is: >>>>> >>>>> Using fdisk, partition your key: one partition, VFAT (type b, and >>>>> toggle the bootable flag), about 9M or 10M, and a second partition big >>>>> enough to hold a DVD. That should be type 83 (Linux native). >>>>> >>>>> mkfs -t vfat <the DOS partition) >>>>> mkfs <the Linux partition >>>>> >>>>> liveCD-iso-to-disk <.iso, w/ full path> /dev/<USB DOS partition> >>>>> mount <USB Linux partition> /mnt >>>>> cp <CentOS.iso> /mnt/ >>>>> >>>>> You're done. You do have to tell it "install from hard disk", and then >>>>> point it to the Linux partition. >>>>> >>>>> I just did this and tested it (or at least as far as the "searching >>>>> for >>>>> existing CentOS installations). >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Following these instructions, what iso do I use for the >>>> livecd-iso-to-disk step? >>>> >>> I used the full, one DVD .iso. >>> >> That doesn't work for me. >> >> # livecd-iso-to-disk /home/bowieb/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso >> /dev/sda1 >> Verifying image... >> /home/bowieb/CentOS-5.5-i386-bin-DVD.iso: >> 97c0b2ed5d08f0e24e1e516362059032 >> Fragment sums: >> 67686679ec95a9255099cbed11cc51d998abee91a1f91fc7a2361554e54e >> Fragment count: 20 >> Percent complete: 100.0% Fragment[20/20] -> OK >> 100.0 >> The supported flag value is 0 >> The media check is complete, the result is: PASS. >> >> It is OK to install from this media. >> Unable to fit live image + overlay on available space on USB stick >> Size of live image: 3991 >> Overlay size: >> Available space: 13 >> Cleaning up to exit... >> >> The DVD iso is 4GB and the DOS partition is only 10M (per your >> instructions). Shouldn't the boot.iso or something else go here? >> > > Not sure what's going on there. liveCD-iso-to-disk dd's (or whatever) a > bootable vfat (or is it fat?) filesystem, and *only* enough to boot the > installer. The full DVD .iso goes in the other partition, which you've > mkfs'd, just as a .iso. >
Maybe I'm using the wrong script. I have livecd-iso-to-disk from the livecd-tools-014-8 package. Is liveCD-iso-to-disk a different script? -- Bowie _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
