FC12 livecd-iso-to-disk woes

[Steven I Usdansky]

----- Original Message ----
> From: T. Horsnell <tsh at mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 4:35:00 AM
> Subject: FC12 livecd-iso-to-disk woes
> 
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to make a USB version of the FC12 livecd.
> I follow the instructions at:
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/USBHowTo
> 
> and type (as root):
> 
> # livecd-iso-to-disk --format --reset-mbr Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso /dev/sdc1
> 
> but the resulting USB stick just gives me 'Boot Error' when I boot it.
> 
> If I use the dd method:
> 
> # dd if=Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=8M
> 
> it boots correctly. I ultimately want a persistent-storage
> area so the dd solution is no good for me.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Cheers,
> Terry

Scrolled through my /root/.bash_history to find this example:

livecd-iso-to-disk --format --noverify --overlay-size-mb 128 /home/a/Desktop/Fedora-rawhide-Live-i386.iso /dev/sdg