Bootable usb stick with the fedora install

[JD]

On 04/02/2011 03:05 PM, mattias wrote:
> Again I'm visually impaired, totally blind
> No working eyes
> So I'm not sure if the live cd will work for me
> I  know centos have the sound muted so the gnome screen reader will not work
> I don't know if fedora have the sound muted
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org
> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD
> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 11:32 PM
> To: Community support for Fedora users
> Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install
>
>
> On 04/02/2011 01:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> That's exactly what I would recommend. It has always worked!! Just be sure
> you have done:
>
> yum -y install livecd-tools
>
> otherwise, you will not find the command
> livecd-iso-to-disk
>
> Cheers,
>
> JD
Have you downloaded the Fedora DVD installation iso?
if yes, then why not burn it to DVD media,
connect your USB drive and reboot from the DVD.
You can select to install it on the USB drive from the
anaconda installation menu.