Monday, January 12, 2009

Install Fedora10 to a flash drive using windows

Prerequisites for Creating a Live USB Fedora:

  • Windows host PC (Tested on Windows XP)

  • 1GB+ USB flash drive

  • liveusb-creator-3.2.zip

  • Fedora10 Live iso image

Steps for creating a live Fedora USB

1) Format your pen drive with FAT file system

2) Download liveusb-creater

3) Extract liveusb-creator-3.2.zip to your PC

4) Navigate to the liveusb-creator-3.2 folder and click liveusb-creator.exe to launch the tool



Although the process of creating a fedora10 usb stick is straingforward from there yet a quick insight into the process goes as follows

a) Use existing live cd ( Browse to the Fedora10 live iso path) or alternatively Download Fedora10
b)
Choose the persistant overlay size as per your requirement
c) Select target device to point to your pen-drive
d)
Click Create Live USB to begin the creation process




After the completion of the above process restart your PC with your pen drive plugg
ed in ( don't forget to modify your BIOS settings i:e making USB as the first boot device) .If all goes well you will be able to boot your Fedora10 from the pen drive.

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