CentOS - Oct 2014 - turn bootable USB into bootable iso image

Hello List

I have a Bootable USB stick that we use to Boot our servers and then install
CentOS,
PostgreSQL and our SW thru a Kickstart script.

It works like a charm but now we are thinking of going Virtual and prepping
Virtual CentOS servers under VMware ESXi.

However, to have the same "Boot and Install" functionality I see no
other solution than Booting a VMware machine from an ISO.

So, what I would like to do is to take the Bootable USB and make it into an ISO.

Any ideas?

Thanks,


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Stephen Clark

On Oct 10, 2014 7:12 PM, "Steve Clark" <sclark at netwolves.com>
wrote:
>
> Hello List
>
> I have a Bootable USB stick that we use to Boot our servers and then
install CentOS,
> PostgreSQL and our SW thru a Kickstart script.
>
> It works like a charm but now we are thinking of going Virtual and
prepping Virtual CentOS servers under VMware ESXi.
>
> However, to have the same "Boot and Install" functionality I see
no other
solution than Booting a VMware machine from an ISO.
>
> So, what I would like to do is to take the Bootable USB and make it into
an ISO.
>
> Any ideas?
>
Hi,

Not sure whether the following will work, but just a thought.

Create an .img file from the usb by doing a 'dd' from usb to .img file.
Then attach the .img file to the vm as a disk and then boot the vm from the
disk image to start regular kickstart installation.

Thanks & Regards,
Aravind