On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:17:51 -0800, EXT-Askew, R W <[email protected]> wrote: I wanted to follow up with answers to my own questions in case it may hel p someone else.
>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 ? /usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin seems to work just fine >Are extlinux and extlinux.conf copies of /sbin/extlinux and /etc/extlinux.conf ? The above worked fine as well > >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? I have a T61p and it mounts the USB thumb drive as sda1 so I enter linux ks=hd:sda1/ks.cfg since the USB drive is sda1 I needed to change clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda to clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sdb I am still trying to determine the smallest packege set required, but I a m off and running. :-) Cheers > >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 nee d 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 US B >> 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 >======================== ========================= =======================
