[root@trurl lkundrak]# livecd-iso-to-disk --reset-mbr --noverify /dev/cdrom /dev/sda1 MBR appears to be blank. Do you want to replace the MBR on this device? Press Enter to continue or ctrl-c to abort Copying live image to USB stick Updating boot config file Installing boot loader extlinux: invalid option -- i extlinux: Unknown option: i USB stick set up as live image! [root@trurl lkundrak]#
What version of syslinux is this with?
syslinux-3.11-4
Some documentation, so you don't have to look yourself. Probably the -i option was added when -U came into existence, and was assumed until then? This is on RHEL5: [root@trurl ~]# extlinux -h Usage: extlinux [options] directory --zip -z Force zipdrive geometry (-H 64 -S 32) --sectors=# -S Force the number of sectors per track --heads=# -H Force number of heads Note: geometry is determined at boot time for devices which are considered hard disks by the BIOS. Unfortunately, this is not possible for devices which are considered floppy disks, which includes zipdisks and LS-120 superfloppies. The -z option is useful for USB devices which are considered hard disks by some BIOSes and zipdrives by other BIOSes. [root@trurl ~]# This is on Fedora 9: [root@jesus ~]# extlinux -h Usage: extlinux [options] directory --install -i Install over the current bootsector --update -U Update a previous EXTLINUX installation --zip -z Force zipdrive geometry (-H 64 -S 32) --sectors=# -S Force the number of sectors per track --heads=# -H Force number of heads --raid -r Fall back to the next device on boot failure --once=... -o Execute a command once upon boot --clear-once -O Clear the boot-once command --reset-adv Reset auxilliary data Note: geometry is determined at boot time for devices which are considered hard disks by the BIOS. Unfortunately, this is not possible for devices which are considered floppy disks, which includes zipdisks and LS-120 superfloppies. The -z option is useful for USB devices which are considered hard disks by some BIOSes and zipdrives by other BIOSes. [root@jesus ~]#
Fixed in livecd-tools-013-8_el5_1