USB drive as bootable install media?

[Paul Howarth]

JHorne wrote:
> I could have sworn I read somewhere a while back, that the boot.iso or other
> such install mechanism could be inserted somehow onto a USB thumb drive, and
> then used to kick off an install.
> 
> I have a USB hard drive that I have a copy of the install sources on, as
> well as as a usb thumb drive, and I wish I could use one or both to perform
> an install (as opposed to the tried and true cdrom boot method).  I would
> like to be able to just attach one or both of these devices and perform an
> install or upgrade on a server that has no cdrom drive.
> 
> I say "one or both" because, in my mind I see the thumb drive holding my
> boot mechanism, and the diverting over to the USB hard drive for install
> sources... but if the boot mechanism could be put right onto the USB hard
> drive and eliminate the thumb drive, well then that's the obvious better
> scenario.  So, maybe using the hard drive as an alternative to the FC4 DVD?
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on this?

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/fedora-install-guide-en/fc4/sn-using-otherbootmedia.html

Paul.