i broke down and stopped attempting this by hand and now use "multisystem" on my Ubuntu box.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: Rob Townley <rob.town...@gmail.com> > > To: CentOS mailing list <centos@centos.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 8:54 AM > Subject: Re: [CentOS] idea: "hybrid" iso images? > > > i definitely had the same experience back then. Anybody had luck with > simply dd a current CentOS iso. I wonder if RedHat supports > ISOHybrid? > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Joseph Spenner <joseph85...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> >>> I just tried again, using an 8G thumb drive, with the >>> CentOS-6.4-x86_64-minimal.iso image on my 64bit Dell laptop, and got a >>>quick error: >>> "no boot sector found on USB device" >>>It then proceeded to boot the next device in the boot order list. >>> I also tried it on 2 other Dell servers, and neither would boot the thumb >>> drive. >>> >>> I then dd'd the latest Linux Mint iso to the same thumb drive, and it >>> worked fine on my laptop. >>>So, perhaps the CentOS images can not (yet) be used this way. > > I have yet to EVER get that to work. > The closest I get is have it start the boot/install process, then ask where > the media/itself is. It forgets, and can't find the install media-- even > though IT IS the install media. I've never figured that out. But, it is > what it is. It does work nicely with the debian distros, such as Linux Mint > though. > > ______________________________________________________________________ > If life gives you lemons, keep them-- because hey.. free lemons. > "♥ Sticker" fixer: http://microflush.org/stuff/stickers/heartFix.html > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
