Bootable usb stick with the fedora install

JD jd1008 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 2 21:33:50 UTC 2011


On 04/02/2011 01:44 PM, mattias wrote:
> Here is the link I talking about
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/Making
> _USB_Media-UNIX_Linux.html
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org
> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:41 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
>
>
> /partially off topic
>
> Guys,
>
> Just an technical question - is it possible to add next to memtest and such
> utils our liveusb creator as an boot menu option? I mean, the user loads the
> disc, and If he/she choosing this option - the ISO copies to RAM along with
> liveusb creator - and the user could write out to anywhere - to the target
> device.....
>
>
> / partially off topic eof
>
> Zoltan
>
> 2011/4/2 mike cloaked<mike.cloaked at gmail.com>:
>> On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias<mj at mjw.se>  wrote:
>>> Yes I try to put the installer on the stick
>>> I do
>>> Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb
>>> Like the page says
>>> I don't have the link now
>> I have never had much luck with that dd method.  I do the following
>> and have not had any problems with this method since I started using
>> it a year or two back:
>>
>> First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at
>> /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then
>> *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command
>> is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1
>> # livecd-iso-to-disk  --reset-mbr
>> /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso
>> /dev/sdb1
>>
>> If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it
>> at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command
>> (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit
>> the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name
>> for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so
>> ensure it is there before you start.
>>
>> This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I
>> boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go.
>>
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Hey, you have highjacked this thread :)
Somebody...call the list cops :)



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