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How to create bootable USB drives ?

What You Need: A USB flash drive with good storage capacity; preferably 4GB or more. Access to a computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7. A CD or DVD containing software you want to download. Getting Started: Connect the USB flash drive to a computer running Windows Vista or 7 and follow the steps below: Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Right click on Command Prompt > Run as Administrator Type ‘diskpart' and press Enter to start the built in Windows disk partitioning utility  Type 'list disk' and press Enter. Identify your USB Flash drive and make a note of the disk number.  Here in this example, My USB flash drive is Disk 1.  Type 'select disk 1' and press Enter.   Type ‘clean’ and press Enter. The clean command will remove partitions or volume formatting from the selected disk (disk 1) by zeroing sectors.  Now to create a partition, type 'create partition primary’ and press Enter.  Type 'select partition 1',

Red Hat Enterprise File System Hierarchy

Do you know the Red Hat File system directories and its usage ? Below are the list of the primary Red Hat Enterprise Linux system directories: /bin/ — Used to store user commands. The directory /usr/bin/ also stores user commands. /sbin/ — Location of many system commands, such as shutdown. The directory /usr/sbin/ also contains many system commands. /root/ — The home directory of root, the superuser. /misc/ — This directory is used for automatically mounting directories on removeable devices (such as Zip drives) and remote directories (such as NFS shares) usingautofs. Refer to the autofs manual page (type man autofs at a shell prompt) for more information. /mnt/ — This directory typically contains the mount points for file systems mounted after the system is booted. /media/ — This directory contains the mount points for removable media, such as diskettes, CD-ROMs, and USB flash drives. /boot/ — Contains the kernel and other files used during system startup. /lost+foun