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.
I was able to do just what you said by using unetbootin.
http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
I first downloaded the Scientific Linux DVD, and use unetbootin to install the
first DVD. This get's the USB stick bootable, and you can use it for that DVD.
But, you can then load other releases onto the USB stick, into their own
directory, and then change the configuration file so they come up as an option.
I have since wiped the USB stick and put other things on it, so I don't have
all the details. But it was pretty handy.
Anyway, unetbootin is a good place to start to do that.
Troy
p.s. Oh ... actually doing the DVD install, as opposed to the network install,
required some extra tweeking because the installer was looking for ISO images,
but I just put the iso images into their own directory, and everything was fine.
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