Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread John Doe
From: David da...@adurotec.com Has anyone successfully built a USB key for installing centos5.5 either manually or using a tool like unetbootin? I am trying to create one using the 64bit install DVD iso and so far the USB either won't boot (unetbootin) or the installation aborts after I

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread David
I actually did follow this as the manual attempt at getting it to work; unsuccessfully. I probably should have clarified it better in my original email. The USB boots, I get the install menu, the USB drivers, etc. are installed and then I am prompted for the location of the iso. Once I

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 7/22/2010 6:09 PM, David wrote: Has anyone successfully built a USB key for installing centos5.5 either manually or using a tool like unetbootin? I am trying to create one using the 64bit install DVD iso and so far the USB either won't boot (unetbootin) or the installation aborts after

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread m . roth
Bowie Bailey wrote: On 7/22/2010 6:09 PM, David wrote: Has anyone successfully built a USB key for installing centos5.5 either manually or using a tool like unetbootin? I am trying to create one using the 64bit install DVD iso and so far the USB either won't boot (unetbootin) or the

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread John Doe
From: David da...@adurotec.com The USB boots, I get the install menu, the USB drivers, etc. are installed and then I am prompted for the location of the iso. Once I select the location and then the actual iso, the install aborts. Is there an error message before it aborts? I use a

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread Scott Robbins
On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 11:22:58AM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Bowie Bailey wrote: On 7/22/2010 6:09 PM, David wrote: Has anyone successfully built a USB key for installing centos5.5 either The only problem I found was that the install insisted on installing grub on the USB drive

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-23 Thread m . roth
John Doe wrote: From: David da...@adurotec.com The USB boots, I get the install menu, the USB drivers, etc. are installed and then I am prompted for the location of the iso. Once I select the location and then the actual iso, the install aborts. Is there an error message before it

[CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-22 Thread David
Has anyone successfully built a USB key for installing centos5.5 either manually or using a tool like unetbootin? I am trying to create one using the 64bit install DVD iso and so far the USB either won't boot (unetbootin) or the installation aborts after I select the iso location on the USB

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-22 Thread Whit Blauvelt
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 05:09:22PM -0500, David wrote: Has anyone successfully built a USB key for installing centos5.5 either manually or using a tool like unetbootin? Haven't tried it for CentOS, but unetbootin hasn't worked for me for several other distros. Not once. Not sure why I even

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-22 Thread David
That is discouraging news. I have been unsuccessful thus far in my attempts to create a USB installer that doesn't depend on network access, which is one of my requirements. On 07/22/2010 05:26 PM, Whit Blauvelt wrote: On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 05:09:22PM -0500, David wrote: Has anyone

Re: [CentOS] Building an install disk on a USB key manually or using unetbootin

2010-07-22 Thread Whit Blauvelt
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 05:52:50PM -0500, David wrote: That is discouraging news. On the other hand, I've done USB installs of other distros that worked just fine. But those weren't set up with unetbootin. You could probably get away with, say, putting System Rescue Disk on a USB key, using that