Thanks for the response.

I have couple of more questions.
In your readme mentioned mbr.bin and extlinux.  
Is mbr.bin a copy of /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin ?
Are extlinux and extlinux.conf copies of /sbin/extlinux and /etc/extlinux ?

Also, do you do the install with a kickstart file on the USB drive?
From a DVD, my boot line looks like this
Boot: Linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg
What would I replace cdrom: with?

Thanks

Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: Konstantin Olchanski [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:09 AM
To: EXT-Askew, R W
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: self contained usb install using kickstart howto

On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 09:48:01AM -0600, rwa wrote:
> 
> I am working on a custom SL6.2 installation and am interested in using a 
> USB thumb drive to trouble shoot the installation so that I do not need to 
> burn so many DVDs.  I have looked through a lot of HowTos but none of them 
> seem to be geared toward a standalone self contained install from a USB 
> drive using a kickstart file.
> Can anyone point me to such a HowTo?
> 

I have instructions for building an SL6.1 USB install disk here
(trivial to update for SL6.2):

http://trshare.triumf.ca/~olchansk/linux/SL61-64-USBBOOT/

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