On 05/17/2012 12:24 PM, zxq9 wrote: > I'm almost positive that the graphics issue no longer applies. SL6 > doesn't create an xorg.conf by default, but builts it every boot during > device detection (and still doesn't trust the BIOS/UEFI, fortunately). > > initramfs... I think that is a static thing now, unless I'm thinking of > something else. I think you are correct -- graphics is not the issue. The real issue is the boot loader and the initrd. You need to make them talk to a USB connected filesystem, and the standard installer probably doesn't know how to do that. For that matter it probably doesn't detect the USB drive as an installable hard disk, but I could be wrong. Try it and see what happens. Jeff