Re: [CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-26 Thread Phil Schaffner
john maclean wrote on 04/24/2010 04:27 AM: ... > The last time I installed from a USB key all I did was:- > > wget http://mirrors.dedipower.com/centos/5.4/os/i386/images/diskboot.img > dd if=/path/to/diskboot.img of=/path/to/usb.key That only gets you a bootable USB key, but without the packages.

Re: [CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-26 Thread John Doe
From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > I'd still like to know why syslinux is broken It was a version problem (default packaged syslinux was too old)... Might be this, but not sure: "Changes in 3.72 : ... ISOLINUX: support generating images which can be either a CD-ROM or a hard disk (USB disk, etc.)

Re: [CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-26 Thread John Doe
From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > I just do not understand why it's such a song and dance, > rather than, say, > syslinux /dev/sdb1 > mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/mnt > mount -o loop CentOSiso /mnt > cp -pr /mnt/ /tmp/mnt If that's all it takes, you should replace the wiki content... And what does penlinux

Re: [CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-24 Thread john maclean
> *shrug* > > Looks good to me. I just do not understand why it's such a song and dance, > rather than, say, > syslinux /dev/sdb1 > mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/mnt > mount -o loop CentOSiso /mnt > cp -pr /mnt/ /tmp/mnt > >      mark > The last time I installed from a USB key all I did was:- wget ht

Re: [CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-23 Thread m . roth
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote on 04/23/2010 03:49 PM: >> Well, we wanted to put an install on a USB key. Neither I nor the other >> admin was amused by the singing and dancing that the wiki offers - and >> just *why* is it that syslinux is broken? > > Sorry you were unamused. Song and dance has never b

Re: [CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-23 Thread Phil Schaffner
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote on 04/23/2010 03:49 PM: > Well, we wanted to put an install on a USB key. Neither I nor the other > admin was amused by the singing and dancing that the wiki offers - and > just *why* is it that syslinux is broken? Sorry you were unamused. Song and dance has never been my f

[CentOS] USB keys

2010-04-23 Thread m . roth
Well, we wanted to put an install on a USB key. Neither I nor the other admin was amused by the singing and dancing that the wiki offers - and just *why* is it that syslinux is broken? At any rate, I did some googling, and found , and I ran this installer. Ok, it ha