Again I'm visually impaired, totally blind No working eyes So I'm not sure if the live cd will work for me I know centos have the sound muted so the gnome screen reader will not work I don't know if fedora have the sound muted -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of JD Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 11:32 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install On 04/02/2011 01:30 PM, mike cloaked wrote: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias<mj(a)mjw.se> wrote: >> Yes I try to put the installer on the stick >> I do >> Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb >> Like the page says >> I don't have the link now > I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following > and have not had any problems with this method since I started using > it a year or two back: > > First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at > /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then > *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command > is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 > # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr > /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso > /dev/sdb1 > > If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it > at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command > (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit > the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name > for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so > ensure it is there before you start. > > This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I > boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go. > That's exactly what I would recommend. It has always worked!! Just be sure you have done: yum -y install livecd-tools otherwise, you will not find the command livecd-iso-to-disk Cheers, JD

Here is the link I talking about http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/Making _USB_Media-UNIX_Linux.html -----Original Message----- From: users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Zoltan Hoppar Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:41 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Bootable usb stick with the fedora install /partially off topic Guys, Just an technical question - is it possible to add next to memtest and such utils our liveusb creator as an boot menu option? I mean, the user loads the disc, and If he/she choosing this option - the ISO copies to RAM along with liveusb creator - and the user could write out to anywhere - to the target device..... / partially off topic eof Zoltan 2011/4/2 mike cloaked<mike.cloaked(a)gmail.com>: > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias<mj(a)mjw.se> wrote: >> Yes I try to put the installer on the stick >> I do >> Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb >> Like the page says >> I don't have the link now > I have never had much luck with that dd method. I do the following > and have not had any problems with this method since I started using > it a year or two back: > > First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at > /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then > *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command > is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 > # livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr > /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso > /dev/sdb1 > > If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it > at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command > (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit > the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name > for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so > ensure it is there before you start. > > This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I > boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go. > > -- > mike c > -- > users mailing list > users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >

On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 20:43 +0200, mattias wrote: > I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick > with fedora installer on it > But seems not to work > My computer can boot from usb > > The easiest way to create a liveusb of a linux distribution is to use UNetbootin. You can get it at: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ This allows you to produce a Live USB or Live CD of about 50 Linux versions (including Fedora 14). Then boot Liveusb (or LiveCD) and choose the option to download the distribution onto your computer.

I try to follow a page on fedoraproject.org about how to create a usb stick with fedora installer on it But seems not to work My computer can boot from usb

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 7:49 PM, mattias <mj(a)mjw.se&gt; wrote: > Yes I try to put the installer on the stick > I do > Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb > Like the page says > I don't have the link now I have never had much luck with that dd method.  I do the following and have not had any problems with this method since I started using it a year or two back: First I plug the usbstick in - and check the device name by looking at /var/log/messages - let's say the device is seen to be /dev/sdb1. Then *as root* I do the following (the # is the root prompt so the command is after the "# ": # umount /dev/sdb1 # livecd-iso-to-disk  --reset-mbr /home/mike/Documents/install_stuff/f14-beta/Fedora-14-Beta-i386-DVD.iso /dev/sdb1 If you have an oddball file structure on the stick you can reformat it at the same time by adding the "--format" flag to the above command (without the quotes of course) Amend the path to the iso file to suit the location and name of your install iso, and the correct device name for your stick. This needs the livecd-tools package installed so ensure it is there before you start. This works flawlessly for me in f14, and it did in f13 also. When I boot from the stick it just boots to the installer and off I go. -- mike c -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

Yes I try to put the installer on the stick I do Dd if=cdimage.iso of=/dev/sdb Like the page says I don't have the link now

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