How to create usb boot disk?
Greg Golin
greg.golin at gmail.com
Wed Sep 21 03:38:49 UTC 2005
Awesome guide, good job, Ryan!
You live, you learn.
Regards,
GG
On 9/20/05, Ryan Golhar <golharam at umdnj.edu> wrote:
> I do this with my computers for kickstart all of them from a central
> server:
>
> To build a bootable memory stick, perform the following steps:
>
> a. Format the USB stick as one big FAT partition: "mkdosfs
> /dev/sdb1"
> b. Copy everything from the CD:/RedHat/isolinux to the memory
> stick. You can omit isolinux.bin, boot.cat, and TRANS.TBL
> c. Rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg
> d. Copy the initrd.img from CD:/RedHat/images/pxeboot to the memory
> stick. (At present I believe the two initrd.img's are the same)
> e. Modify syslinux.cfg to suit your needs. I specify mine to boot:
>
> linux ks=nfs:myserver:/somedir/ks.cfg
>
> f. Make the memory stick bootable: "syslinux /dev/sdb1". Remember
> to unmount the memory stick prior to performing this.
> g. Boot from stick
>
> Good luck!
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Budi Febrianto
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:39 PM
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: How to create usb boot disk?
>
>
> Hello redhat-list,
>
> I have many pc that need to be setup by at least RH 9. Because it so
> many, I want to use kickstart. Problem is the pc doesn't have cdrom
> or floppy drive, but it can boot from usb drive.
> So i want to create a bootable usb drive, so I can setup with
> kickstart.
> I tried google, and follow some instruction but failed.
>
> Anyone want to give me some clue?
>
> TIA.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Budi Febrianto (mailto:bfebrian at gmx.net)
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