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> From: Andrew Simpson <simpsonar77@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc:
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:48:04 -0500
> Subject: help with creating USB kickstart drive RHEL 6.5
> I have a complicated kickstart based install that I have been using with DVDs. I Would like to use USB drives, but I have a few questions that I haven't gotten answers to yet.
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> 1. what's the best way to create a bootable USB key/drive? I have been using dd to put the ISO onto the device, but that makes the usb drive a read only filesystem (iso9660). I would really like it to be writable. So I'm assuming I will need to format the drive, put an mbr on there, etc...?
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> 2. what kickstart install option should I be using? normally, I put "cdrom" in. Do I have to change that to the "harddrive" option?
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> 3. Is there a good reference for turning a dvd image into a live image?
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> thanks in advance, the information on these topics is all over the place and I'm not finding exactly what I need.
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> Drew
Drew, it really depends on what you want to do. What I do is stage all my build content on the network. So my USB image has syslinux, vmlinuz, initramfs and my ks.cfg.
I reference all I want to do via my ks.cfg.
If I'm doing a generic DHCP build, even my (generic) ks.cfg will be on the network.
Because boot media size is of great concern for us, we have a minimal boot USB media. It's
39 MB for OL6.5. We have a larger boot media, that will allow you to install anything from RHEL 5.4 up to RHEL 6.5.
If this is of interest to you, drop me a note and I'll send doc with full instructions.
Spike White
PS For RHEL7 static builds, while good in other ways -- the new anaconda results on the squashfs.img having to be on USB. So the absolute min-sized USB boot media is ~250 MB.
Ouch!
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