[svlug] (Solved) "dd" first CD image to USB pendrive for booting?

[Bill-Schoolcraft]

At Mon, 11 Dec 2006 it looks like Bill-Schoolcraft composed:

Just got the following to work on another server...

Booted with the pendrive, entered BIOS and actually spent some time with
the boot options and chose "removeabl" in this case vs USB-CDROM and it
worked!

This was for RHEL-4  :)

Now I'd like to get "Knoppix" on the other Sandisk 1-gig USB drive.
These are the two tools I needed in the colo I'm at!

Thanks Family!


> ######################################################################
> 2.4.1. Alternative Boot Methods
> 
> Boot CD-ROM
> 
>     If you can boot using the CD-ROM drive, you can create your own
> CD-ROM to boot the installation program. This may be useful, for
> example, if you are performing an installation over a network or from a
> hard drive. Refer to Section 2.4.2 Making an Installation Boot CD-ROM
> for further instructions.
> 
> 
> USB pen drive
> 
>     If you cannot boot from the CD-ROM drive, but you can boot using a
> USB device, such as a USB pen drive, the following alternative boot
> method is available:
> 
>     To boot using a USB pen drive, use the dd command to copy the
> diskboot.img image file from the /images/ directory on CD-ROM 1. For
> example:
> 
> dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda
> 
>     Your BIOS must support booting from a USB device in order for this
> boot method to work.
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