1.2. Using Other Removable Media
To use a USB device such as a pen drive or Compact Flash card as
boot media, write the supplied image file to the device. The
media must be large enough to contain the image.
1.2.1. Preparing the Boot Media
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This procedure destroys data on the
media. Back up any important information before
you begin. Some models of USB media use additional partitions
or software to provide functions such as encryption. This
procedure may make it difficult or impossible to access these
special areas on your boot media.
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The images/diskboot.img
file on the first
Fedora Core installation disc is a boot image designed for USB media.
This file also appears on FTP and Web sites providing Fedora Core.
Several software utilities are available for Windows and Linux
that can write image files to a device. Linux includes the
dd
command for this purpose. To write an
image file to boot media with dd
on a current
version of Fedora Core:
Locate the image file.
Attach or insert the media.
Your system may automatically detect and open the media. If
that happens, close or unmount the media before continuing.
Open a terminal window.
In the terminal window, type the following command:
dd if=diskboot.img of=/dev/sda1
1.2.2. Booting from the Media
Boot your computer with the prepared media:
Attach or insert the media.
Switch on the computer.
A boot screen appears, with a boot:
prompt
at the bottom. To begin, simply press the
Enter key.
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The BIOS contains settings that control the order of boot
devices. If your PC boots from a device other than the Fedora Core
boot media, check the BIOS boot configuration.
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