HOWto on booting from USB DVD

[Philip Prindeville]

Mark Haney wrote:

>George Arseneault wrote:
>  
>
>>If your system has a cd drive, you can boot from an
>>install cd. That should initialize the usb and allow
>>you to install from the dvd. At least, thats how I did
>>it.
>>
>>Hope it helps
>>
>>George
>>  
>>    
>>
>Therein lies the rub.  This is a blade that has no peripherals but a USB 
>port.  I was very hesitant to try FC5 since the last FC upgrade I did to 
>FC5 blew a gasket, but so far (knock on wood) it's going okay.  It's 
>slow as crap, but it's still going.
>  
>

You'll need a USB 2.0 port, and cable.

You'll also need to specify the usb-storage drivers which aren't
loaded by default (don't ask me why not).

-Philip