From the course: Learning CentOS Linux
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Creating installation media
- To install CentOS on a physical machine, rather than on a virtual machine, we'll need to have an installer available to start that physical machine up from. Here on my Linux system, I can create that installer to use on my other system. (keys clicking) I have the ISO image downloaded from the CentOS website. So, if you haven't done that, and you want to make an installer, take a few minutes to make sure that that's done. I've plugged in a USB drive. And to create the installer, I'll replace everything that's on that drive with the installer information. To do that, I need to get the name of the USB device. I'll find that using LS block. (keys clicking) And here it is. SDB, a sixteen gig volume. Be sure to check the name on your system so you don't accidentally overwrite the information on another disk. This is one of those times that it's good to double and triple check that you're using the right device. I'll make sure that any partitions on my target device are unmounted. And then…
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