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Making a Scientific Linux Live USB

 -- download e.g., 

      livecd64_SL55_gnome_2010-06-17.iso 

    from 

      ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/livecd/55/

 -- then

      mkdosfs /dev/sdb -I
      syslinux /dev/sdb
          # ...that is /dev/sdb, not /dev/sdb1...

 -- then

      mount /dev/sdb /mnt/usb/
      mount -o loop /home/rcs/Downloads/livecd64_SL55_gnome_2010-06-17.iso /mnt/iso/

      cp -rv /mnt/iso/* /mnt/usb/

      cd /mnt/usb
      mv isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg
      mv boot/* .
      rmdir boot
      sed -i "s|boot/||" syslinux.cfg
      sed -i "s|boot/||" splash.cfg
      sed -i "s|boot/||" help*.txt
      rm isolinux.bi_ isolinux.bin isolinux.boot 
      cd ..

      umount /mnt/usb
      umount /mnt/iso

-- to test:

      qemu -hda /dev/sdb -m 256 -vga std