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Re: [LUG] USB stick distros/images

 

On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 07:08 +0000, viv wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 22:24 +0000, Simon Waters wrote:
> > Finally got a USB stick big enough for more than just an installer.
> > 
> > Anyone recommend a bootable USB image, that is suitable for rescuing
> > systems? Or other cool stuff to do with it.

Fedora has a tool - livecd-iso-to-disk that will take a live fedora
image (Which you can either download or build yourself using
livecd-creator or Revisor) and convert it to a disk image that will boot
from your USB stick.

It's super easy to use and very slick. Some people use it to build
Rawhide (Fedora Development branch) every few days and test it reporting
bugs. Also makes for a very easy to customise recovery system as
changing the packages and/or configuration is as simple as updating a
kickstart file which just lists the packages and conf options you want.

Best,

Jon


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