This directory contains image files that can be used to create media capable of starting the Scientific Linux installation process. The boot.iso file is an ISO 9660 image of a bootable CD-ROM. It is useful in cases where the CD-ROM installation method is not desired, but the CD-ROM's boot speed would be an advantage. To use this image file, burn the file onto CD-R (or CD-RW) media as you normally would. The diskboot.img file is a VFAT filesystem image that can be written to a USB pendrive or other bootable media larger than a floppy. Note that booting via USB is dependent on your BIOS supporting this. It should be written to the device using dd. The SL.boot.superduper.43.i386.iso file is an ISO 9660 image of a bootable CD-ROM. It has the same capabilities as boot.iso but contains additional bootable Rescue images along with misc useful utilities. See the README in the image for more details. A simple way to look at the README without having to burn the iso image to cd media is to use a "loopback" mount. mount -o loop SL.boot.superduper.43.i386.iso /mnt/media