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"


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Best Regards,
D Greig