Sender: |
|
Date: |
Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:33:39 +0100 |
Reply-To: |
|
Message-ID: |
|
Content-Transfer-Encoding: |
7bit |
Subject: |
|
From: |
|
Content-Type: |
text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed |
In-Reply-To: |
|
MIME-Version: |
1.0 |
Comments: |
|
Parts/Attachments: |
|
|
On 30/09/16 14:23, Mark Stodola wrote:
> On 09/30/2016 06:29 AM, MAH Maccallum wrote:
>> I have a new PC without optical drive so I wanted
>> to install from a USB stick. I found neither of the
>> methods listed in the Scientific Linux website worked.
>> However, a read of parts of the script
>> livecd-iso-to-disk
>> led to a working method. The problem is that the
>> script cannot find
>> /EFI/BOOT/+(BOOT|boot)?*.conf
>> for the good reason that the file required is
>> actually called grub.cfg. Editing that and
>> isolinux/isolinux.cfg by hand (replacing the
>> LABEL=... bits by UUID=... for the UUID of the
>> USB stick) worked fine.
>>
>> I suggest that the instructions and/or the script be
>> updated to reflect the change of name of the
>> required configuration files
>>
>> Malcolm MacCallum
>>
>
> I am guessing you are talking about the release notes? The 'dd' method
> outlined there has always worked just fine for me.
> It may be helpful to know what errors you were getting and also what
> commands/method did actually work for you.
>
I use ddrescue:
ddrescue -d -D --force "your-file".iso /dev/"your usb mount point"
--
Best Regards,
D Greig
|
|
|