[Server-devel] RFH: Script to make installable USB stick

[Jerry Vonau]

Jerry Vonau wrote:
> Martin Langhoff wrote:
>> As part of porting the XS to F9 I am moving from using live CDs to
>> anaconda-based installer CDs. This has a fundamental benefit - that
>> you can now upgrade from the CD as well as installing - but a
>> downside: there are not easy tools to turn an installer CD into a
>> bootble installer USB stick that "just works".
>>
>> A couple of weeks ago I started an attempt at it, based on
>> livecd-iso-to-disk. It mostly worked - anaconda did get bootstrapped,
>> but it failed to find the RPMs directory. I haven't had a change to
>> look at it further. Help with it would be appreciated (and probably
>> useful to Fedora users in general).
>>
>> Earlier discussion and patch:
>> http://marc.info/?l=fedora-buildsys-list&m=121740636925259&w=2
>>
>> cheers,
> Need to see the usb's layout that you had in mind.
> You were trying to do tree-install or a iso source install?
> 
> Might want to have a look at this thread:
> 
> http://www.archivum.info/anaconda-devel-list@redhat.com/2008-05/msg00016.html
> I'm around for a couple of hours,

Ok, I see your intent, you would have to create an install iso, and have 
that image live on the usb drive, then use the vmlinuz and initrd that 
is on the new iso for the usb key. Once anaconda loads, point it to the 
correct sdX device.

Jerry