How to run the Alternate CD from USB-Stick?

[Hadmut Danisch]

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 09:09:39AM -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:

>     I see no reason why the Alternate CD could not be put on a USB 
> stick. There might be a problem getting it to boot, but once booted it 
> should be fine. You only need a 1GB devise :-)
> 


It works, it boots, and I even have a 2GB device. 
It asks for keyboard detection and so on, everything is fine, 
but then, as part of the installation procedure, it insists on 
finding the CDROM drive, which is obviously not present. 

It is not a problem of booting. 

It is just the problem that the installation procedure does not 
deal with the case that the repository is not on a CDROM.

regards