Thanks for the response. I have couple of more questions. In your readme mentioned mbr.bin and extlinux. Is mbr.bin a copy of /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin ? Are extlinux and extlinux.conf copies of /sbin/extlinux and /etc/extlinux ?
Also, do you do the install with a kickstart file on the USB drive? >From a DVD, my boot line looks like this Boot: Linux ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg What would I replace cdrom: with? Thanks Bill -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Olchanski [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 11:09 AM To: EXT-Askew, R W Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: self contained usb install using kickstart howto On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 09:48:01AM -0600, rwa wrote: > > I am working on a custom SL6.2 installation and am interested in using a > USB thumb drive to trouble shoot the installation so that I do not need to > burn so many DVDs. I have looked through a lot of HowTos but none of them > seem to be geared toward a standalone self contained install from a USB > drive using a kickstart file. > Can anyone point me to such a HowTo? > I have instructions for building an SL6.1 USB install disk here (trivial to update for SL6.2): http://trshare.triumf.ca/~olchansk/linux/SL61-64-USBBOOT/ -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004 Wesbrook Mall, TRIUMF, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 2A3, Canada
