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.
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.)
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
> *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
> 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
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
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