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