Create bootcd for booting fedora on pen drive

**thinkfree** · 06-17-2009

How can I create a CD to boot fedora live image from pen drive for using it with computers which don't support booting using usb port?

Tried to do so with ubuntu using that tutorial, but it didn't work.

**thinkfree** · 06-24-2009

No one having any solution??

**thinkfree** · 08-02-2009

Another bump.

**waterhead** · 08-02-2009

You can do this by using the Fedora LiveCD.

I actually have written myself a little How-To, for doing this on a SD card. The process is the same for a USB drive. You first should install syslinux and Mtools.

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How to Install LiveCD on a USB drive or SD card

Run commands as root (use su)

Find the disk:
# fdisk -l

I will use sdb1 as my example. Please make sure that you are using the correct drive. Otherwise you could destroy your entire system!

Format the disk (sdb1):
# fdisk /dev/sdb1

Command (m for help):d (delete any existing partitions)

Command (m for help):n (create a new partition)
Command action
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p

Partition number (1-4):1

Command (m for help):t
Partition number (1-4):1
Hex code (type L to list codes):6 (for fat16)

Command (m for help):w (to write the changes to the disk)

Format the card. You may need to unmount it first:
# umount /dev/sdb1
# mkfs.vfat -F 16 /dev/sdb1

Mount it again. You need syslinux and Mtools installed, Then run syslinux on the card:
# syslinux /dev/sdb1

Copy the CD files to it. Then rename the folder isolinux to syslinux. Then rename isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg

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You can mount the CD image, by using the loop option of mount. First, make a folder to mount it in.

Code:

mkdir -p /mnt/image

Then mount the CD image. You will need the full path to the image file (/home/<user>/<image>.iso)

Code:

mount -o loop <image>.iso /mnt/image

You then can copy the entire contents of the /mnt/image folder to the USB drive.

**thinkfree** · 08-02-2009

^I want that the all system files reside on the pen drive, but the computer uses a cd for booting for use with a computer where booting from pen drive isn't possible.

**waterhead** · 08-02-2009

I don't believe it is possible to boot from a USB drive if the system BIOS was not designed to do so.

**thinkfree** · 08-02-2009

^The files required to boot the system will be on cd, and they will be using files on usb to proceed further. The link that I provided in my first post claims to do so, but I wasn't able to do that.

**waterhead** · 08-02-2009

What was the problem? Did you get errors? What were the errors?

You will have to provide more detailed info on your problem then.

**thinkfree** · 08-02-2009

Will post the exact error messages soon.

**timwright** · 08-03-2009

Originally Posted by thinkfree

Will post the exact error messages soon.

i tried that guide but when i get to the formatting part it says command not found. i install mtools and syslinux

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