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sdb: sdb1

sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb

sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0

usb-storage: device scan complete

4. Unmount any partitions on the flash drive that are currently mounted. It is likely that

your system automatically mounted any available partitions when you attached the

flash drive.

a. Use the mount command to find any mounted partitions on the flash drive.

For example, the following output shows a single partition on /dev/sdb is

mounted, the partition named /dev/sdb1:

$ mount

/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs

(rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0")

/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)

none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)

sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw)

/dev/sdb1 on /media/BOOTUSB type vfat

(rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=500,utf8,shortname=mixed,flush)

b. Unmount partitions with the umount command. For example, to unmount

/dev/sdb1, run:

umount /dev/sdb1

Run umount for each partition on the flash drive that is mounted.

5. Use fdisk to partition the flash drive to contain a single partition only, with the

following parameters:

a. numbered 1.

b. partition type is set to b (W95 FAT32).

c. flagged as bootable.

6. Run mkdosfs to format the partition created in the previous step as FAT. For

example:

mkdosfs /dev/sdb1

7. Mount the partition. For example:

mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

8. Copy the contents of the isolinux/ directory of the installation DVD or CD -ROM#1

onto the flash drive.

9. Rename the configuration file from isolinux.cfg to syslinux.cfg. For example,

if the flash drive is mounted on /mnt, run:

cd /mnt/; mv isolinux.cfg syslinux.cfg

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