On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:17:24 -0500, > Jesse Palser <SLNTHERO@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> F14-LiveUSB fails on NetBook? >> >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to install Fedora 14 32bit Linux >> onto my NetBook with no CD drive. >> >> I created a bootable USB drive on another computer >> using current LiveUSB Creator program on F14. > > There was an issue related to syslinux mismatch using that program. I don't > know if there was a newer release to fix that, but I saw discussions indicating > that upstream knew what needed to be done. If you have the full DVD install iso file you can, if you have the livecd-tools package installed, use livecd-iso-to-disk to write a bootable usbkey to run an install on a laptop without an optical drive. If you do this then make sure the isbkey is umounted - or specifically if the key is /dev/sdb then "umount /dev/sdb1" as root before running the livecd-iso-to-disk command works. I have done this a number of times and also using f14 as the system where the key is written and it has worked every time for me. More specifically the command I use is ( as root): # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr /path/to/Fedora-14-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1 This writes the bootable key and has always worked for me over a number of tests. Of course you do need a usbkey big enough to take the iso! An 8GB key works fine. -- mike c -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
