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 > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
