Re: Installing FC8 fron USB stick

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Hi,
This link is about installing Live Image to USB Flash Drive; I am not
sure at all that the procedure there is true
also for regular FC8 installation iso files.

Regards,
IB


On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Jim <mickeyboa@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
>
> > Ian Brown wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have the FC8 (x86_64) installation iso - Fedora-8-x86_64-DVD.iso.
> > > I want to install   FC8 on a machine without an optical drive.
> > >
> > > What I am thinking is:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On first usb stick: (/dev/sdb1)
> > > dd if= diskboot.img of=/dev/sdb1
> > > and boot from this USB stick
> > >
> > > On second usb stick: (/dev/sdc1)
> > > dd if=/Fedora-8-i386-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdc1
> > >
> > > And from the installation program which runs when booting from the
> > > first USB stick, I will choose : installation from disk
> > > and select /dev/sdc1.
> > >
> > > Now, this should work (I haven't try it yet).
> > >
> > > But my question is : can it be done in one shot?
> > >
> > >
> > > Namely, if I will run
> > > dd if=/Fedora-8-i386-DVD.iso of=/dev/sdc1
> > > and try to boot from this stick  - will it work ? does isolinux support
> it ?
> > > and in case it does not - can anybody suggest how can it be done (if at
> all)
> > > in one shot?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > IB
> > >
> > >
> > A better way would be to use the diskboot.img It is designed to boot off a
> USB stick. There was a thread about this a while ago, with a pointer to a
> HOWTO page, but I could not find it. But if I remember correctly, you can
> put the DVD image on the same USB stick as a file, and point the installer
> to it.
> >
> > Mikkel
> >
>  Check this FedoraProject site out.
>
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD/LiveCDHowTo
>
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