[SOLVED] installing to USB stick - how much memory needed?

[otropogo]

Ok. Thanks again for your suggestions Phil. Short answer - 2GB is adequate for the Centos6.2 LiveCD

Have now established the space requirements for installation of Centos6.2 LiveCd to USBstick using the Fedora Installer, and it appears that after installation to a 2GB USB stick, approximately 700MB of free space remains available. Although I haven't tried any other USB installers except Puppy's (and unsuccessfully, alas), I've been told that such installations are often difficult and frequently fail. So on that basis, I recommend the Fedora Windows USB installer.

[pschaff]

Thanks for the information and recommendations. If no RedmondOS is available, or one just prefers [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software]FOSS[/url], I'd still give the liveusb-creator a go. Marking this thread [SOLVED] for posterity.