USB Install Method?

2008-05-29 Thread Sean Bruno
Back in the mists of time, there used to be a "diskimage.img" in the distribution that you could "dd" to a USB stick and boot the installer of Fedora. Then you could install via the network or whatever. The README in images on the x86_64 DVD ISO references diskimage.img, but the file is AWOL on t

Re: USB Install Method?

2008-05-29 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 12:58 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > According the docs, there is a procedure for installing from a USB > stick, but "Procedure 3.2 Creating Bootable USB Media from Linux" > appears to be blank? > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f9/en_US/sn-making-media.html#id54395

Re: USB Install Method?

2008-05-29 Thread Sean Bruno
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 17:39 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 12:58 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > > According the docs, there is a procedure for installing from a USB > > stick, but "Procedure 3.2 Creating Bootable USB Media from Linux" > > appears to be blank? > > > > http:/

Re: USB Install Method?

2008-05-30 Thread Mike Burger
> Ok, so using the information from Patrick I was able to use > "livecd-iso-to-disk" to turn the "boot.iso" file into a bootable USB > stick. > > However, livecd-iso-to-disk requires a vfat or ext2-3 f/s. Do I had to > run mkfs on the thumb drive first. I'm assuming that you're asking. If so,

Re: USB Install Method?

2008-05-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 20:42 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 17:39 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 12:58 -0700, Sean Bruno wrote: > > > According the docs, there is a procedure for installing from a USB > > > stick, but "Procedure 3.2 Creating Bootable US