Hi,

  If you've got a network connection would it not be better to install 
the large images on a network accessible hard drive, front ended by, 
say, apache/NFS. Then just put the generally much smaller installer 
images on the USB device, or even use PXE?

Faye

vivek chal wrote:
> Hello all !
> 
> After i download any scientific Linux distro from the internet, i have 
> to burn it to a DVD, CD or a number of CDs to install it. That CD or DVD 
> is generally used only once after which it lies unused , and worse, 
> almost every Linux distro comes up with a new release every 6 months.i 
> have dozens of CDs lying at the bottom of my drawer where they get 
> scratches. What a wastage of CDs!
> 
> i want to make a usb harddisk(linux bootable) that contain all the 
> scientific linux versions so that i can install  any  linux  on any  
> system  by just  changing  the boot  order  from  cdrom  to  usb  .
> It will make me to add any new versions on the installation harddisk and 
> make my work easier.
> i want to get rid of using cds and dvds.
> 
> Can anyone help me in making that kind of linux bootable installation hdd.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards from
> -- 
> Vivek Chalotra



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