This works for me onto a 4g flash drive. Obviously adjust architecture and device names to suit your situation.
wget http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/scientific-linux/6x/x86_64/iso/SL-62-x86_64-2012-02-16-LiveDVD.iso sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=1M count=100 sudo dd if=SL-62-x86_64-2012-02-16-LiveDVD.iso of=/dev/sdb -adam On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone explain what the problem is here? I really don't > care about creating a live Linux on a flash drive, just want to > install without burning a DVD but nothing I have tried so far > has met with success. I am open to suggestions. > > Bob > > [bobg@box7 ~]$ liveusb-creator > > SL-62-x86_64-2012-02-06-Everything-DVD2.iso selected > > Warning: The Master Boot Record on your device does not match > your system's syslinux MBR. If you have trouble booting this > stick, try running the liveusb-creator with the --reset-mbr option. > > Verifying filesystem... > > Setting /dev/sdc1 label to LIVE > > Verifying ISO MD5 checksum > > ISO MD5 checksum passed > > Extracting live image to USB device... > > Unable to find LiveOS on ISO > > LiveUSB creation failed! > > Unable to find LiveOS on ISO > > Warning: The Master Boot Record on your device does not match > your system's syslinux MBR. If you have trouble booting this > stick, try running the liveusb-creator with the --reset-mbr option. > > Verifying filesystem... > > Setting /dev/sdc1 label to LIVE > > Verifying ISO MD5 checksum > > ISO MD5 checksum passed > > Extracting live image to USB device... > > Unable to find LiveOS on ISO > > LiveUSB creation failed! > > Unable to find LiveOS on ISO > > > > . > > -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > > box7
