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TechGeek
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USB key install fails

Post by TechGeek » 2011/07/27 20:48:02

So I was following the directions here:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey

But when I am done, the installer complains about not being able to find the install image. For some reason it won't use the ISO. md5sum indicates that my iso is ok.

Any ideas?

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Re: USB key install fails

Post by satanselbow » 2011/07/30 09:35:26

[quote]
TechGeek wrote:
So I was following the directions here:

http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey

But when I am done, the installer complains about not being able to find the install image. For some reason it won't use the ISO. md5sum indicates that my iso is ok.

Any ideas?[/quote]

Does seem a very convaluted set of instructions!

[code]dd if=<path-to-iso> of=/dev/sdX[/code]

Works for me - where 'sdX' is the id of your USB stick; usually 'sdb'

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Re: USB key install fails

Post by pschaff » 2011/07/30 21:59:15

As the author of the page I can't argue with the convoluted comment. :-)

For CentOS-6 see the notes at the bottom of the page, as suggested by the brightly-colored comment at the top:

[color=660066]Some of the Alternatives at the bottom are preferred by other users, and are the only methods demonstrated to work with CentOS-6. [/color]

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USB key install fails

Post by WhatsHisName » 2011/07/31 01:42:21

[url=http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey#line-152]The UNetbootin method[/url] always works for me.

You just download the latest script (no installation needed) and run it. Very simple.

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Re: USB key install fails

Post by TechGeek » 2011/07/31 16:01:50

Well I will play around with it. Its not that I can't get anything to work. I am sure that you can do an install just by pointing to the ISO. You don't have to unpack it. So either it cant see the ISO, or there is a bug somewhere. I wll report back if/when I learn anything new.

Thanks all,

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Re: USB key install fails

Post by pschaff » 2011/07/31 16:22:07

[quote]
TechGeek wrote:
I am sure that you can do an install just by pointing to the ISO. You don't have to unpack it.[/quote]
Please read the [url=http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey#line-152]link[/url] [b]WhatsHisName[/b] provided. It does not involve "unpacking".

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