cannot boot from USB stick using boot.iso

[H.S.]

On 10/07/10 10:37 PM, JD wrote:
> R U sure the iso is meant for an ext3 FS and not for a vfat FS?

How does it matter? I mounted the iso as a loop device, mounted the USB
stick, and copied over the files. While copying, it should not matter
what file systems at both ends are, does it?


> I have installed the boot.iso on a 1GB flash, using:
> sudo /usr/bin/livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr /tmp/boot.iso /dev/sde
> and I was able to boot it in VirtualBox.
> 
> Of course you need to install livecd-tools-031-1.fc12.1.i686.rpm
> in order to livecd-iso-to-disk

That is, apparently, the crux of the problem. I am using Debian using
Debian sources (repos) and I do not have this package available to me.
In any case, it sort of beats the purpose since this requires Fedora
already installed to install Fedora :(

The sensible way, IMHO, is to have a method that work in a Linux based
system of any flavor. Using dd is the way to do, but I am missing
something here since it is not working for me.



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