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thanx Rick i might have to make the iso over again but this sounds like it
will work
On 5/18/06, Rick Stevens <rstevens@(protected)> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 14:35 -0400, Mark Hammerton wrote:
> > I have created a custom iso RHEL 4 that i will be using to install on
> > a number of servers, however none of tem have cd rom drives, I would
> > like to put it the iso on a 2gb and install from there. 2gb is more
> > than enough for me. Also i have created the kickstart file for this.
> >
> > I want to ask for help in putting the iso on to the 2gb stick and
> > ensuring that stick is bootable.
> >
> > I know the servers that i plan on installing on can boot from usb
>
> Are you certain the ISO image is bootable? Remember, you need to
> specify a bootable, "El Torito" image as part of the mkisofs command
> (see the "-b" "-hard-disk-boot" and "-no-emul-boot" options for
> mkisofs).
>
> If the image IS bootable, then verify what device your system uses
> for the USB stick. Plug it in and check the output of dmesg to see
> what device is used. If your system is IDE based, the stick will
> probably show up as /dev/sda. Now, you need to copy the ISO image to
> the stick using "dd". Note that you must write the image to the RAW
> stick device--not a partition on it ("/dev/sda" NOT "/dev/sda1").
>
> The "dd" command will look like:
>
> # dd if=name-of-ISO-image of=/dev/sda bs=512
>
> When that completes, you should write-protect the stick if you can (some
> have a write-protect tab on them) before using it. Then try to boot
> from it and see if it works.
>
> > my LAN is your LAN
>
> Now that just INVITES hack attempts! :-)
>
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thanx Rick i might have to make the iso over again but this sounds like it will
work<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/18/06, <b class="gmail
_sendername">Rick Stevens</b> <<a href="mailto:rstevens@(protected)">
rstevens@(protected)</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;
padding-left: 1ex;">On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 14:35 -0400, Mark Hammerton wrote:
<br>> I have created a custom iso RHEL 4 that i will be using to install on
<br>> a number of servers, however none of tem have cd rom drives, I would<br
>> like to put it the iso on a 2gb and install from there. 2gb is
more
<br>> than enough for me. Also i have created the kickstart file for this.
<br>><br>> I want to ask for help in putting the iso on to the 2gb stick
and<br>> ensuring that stick is bootable.<br>><br>> I know the servers
that i plan on installing on can boot from usb
<br><br>Are you certain the ISO image is bootable? Remember, you
need to<br>specify a bootable, "El Torito" image as part of the
mkisofs command<br>(see the "-b" "-hard-disk-boot" and
"-no-emul-boot" options for
<br>mkisofs).<br><br>If the image IS bootable, then verify what device your
system uses<br>for the USB stick. Plug it in and check the output of
dmesg to see<br>what device is used. If your system is IDE based,
the stick will
<br>probably show up as /dev/sda. Now, you need to copy the ISO
image to<br>the stick using "dd". Note that you must write
the image to the RAW<br>stick device--not a partition on it ("/dev/sda
" NOT "/dev/sda1").
<br><br>The "dd" command will look like:<br><br>
# dd if=name-of-ISO-image of=/dev/sda bs=512<br>
<br>When that completes, you should write-protect the stick if you can (some<br
>have a write-protect tab on them) before using it. Then try to boot
<br>from it and see if it works.<br><br>> my LAN is your LAN<br><br>Now that
just INVITES hack attempts! :-)<br><br>-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
-- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---<br>- Rick Stevens, Senior Systems
Engineer
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VitalStream, Inc.
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="http://www.vitalstream.com">http://www.vitalstream.com</a> -<br>-
-
<br>- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows
crashes... -<br>-
...oh, wait. He does.
THAT explains it!
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