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Re: Bootable USB installer for SL6.3
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
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Konstantin Olchanski <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:32:08 -0700
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On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 05:18:13AM +1000, Steven Haigh wrote:
> On 12/04/13 04:33, Konstantin Olchanski wrote:
> >Instructions for making USB-Bootable installation disk for 64bit SL6.3
> >----------------------------------------------------------------------
> *snip*
> 
> This seems like the long way... The method I've used is VERY simple:
> # dd if=/path/to/iso of=/dev/usbstick
> 
> Then boot from the USB stick. I've done this for a netinstall of
> Fedora, SL, etc etc for a long, long time.

Been there, done that. 2 problems:

1) fails to boot, generally. Did not try the SL6.4 iso image yet.
2) there are 2 DVDs (Everything-DVD1, Everything-DVD2) how do you merge them into 1 USB flash?

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Konstantin Olchanski
Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow!
Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca
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