CentOS - Apr 2010 - Building an install disk on a USB key, solved

Ok, there's been discussion, including, I think, on the wiki web page,
that syslinux is not correct. At any rate, after enough experimentation, I
have a working install on a USB key. The procedure is:

Using fdisk, partition your key: one partition, VFAT (type b, and toggle
the bootable flag), about 9M or 10M, and a second partition big enough to
hold a DVD. That should be type 83 (Linux native).

mkfs -t vfat <the DOS partition)
mkfs <the Linux partition

liveCD-iso-to-disk <.iso, w/ full path> /dev/<USB DOS partition>
mount <USB Linux partition> /mnt
cp <CentOS.iso> /mnt/

You're done. You do have to tell it "install from hard disk", and
then
point it to the Linux partition.

I just did this and tested it (or at least as far as the "searching for
existing CentOS installations).

         mark

m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Ok, there's been discussion, including, I think, on the wiki web page,
> that syslinux is not correct. At any rate, after enough experimentation, I
> have a working install on a USB key. The procedure is:
>
> Using fdisk, partition your key: one partition, VFAT (type b, and toggle
> the bootable flag), about 9M or 10M, and a second partition big enough to
> hold a DVD. That should be type 83 (Linux native).
>
> mkfs -t vfat <the DOS partition)
> mkfs <the Linux partition
>
> liveCD-iso-to-disk <.iso, w/ full path> /dev/<USB DOS
partition>
> mount <USB Linux partition> /mnt
> cp <CentOS.iso> /mnt/
>
> You're done. You do have to tell it "install from hard disk",
and then
> point it to the Linux partition.
>
> I just did this and tested it (or at least as far as the "searching
for
> existing CentOS installations).
>   
Following these instructions, what iso do I use for the
livecd-iso-to-disk step?

-- 
Bowie