* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: liveusb.xml
@ 2009-11-20 13:12 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-11-20 13:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 09/11/20 13:12:51
Modified: liveusb.xml
Log:
update liveusb.xml for bug 290093
Revision Changes Path
1.19 xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.19&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.19&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
Index: liveusb.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -r1.18 -r1.19
--- liveusb.xml 26 Jan 2009 20:19:31 -0000 1.18
+++ liveusb.xml 20 Nov 2009 13:12:51 -0000 1.19
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.18 2009/01/26 20:19:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.19 2009/11/20 13:12:51 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux LiveUSB HOWTO</title>
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>6</version>
-<date>2009-01-26</date>
+<version>7</version>
+<date>2009-11-20</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -74,14 +74,6 @@
</li>
</ul>
-<note>
-If you want to use the minimal CD on a smaller key or boot a <i686 system,
-you need to follow the procedure described in this document with a
-<b>2006.0</b> minimal CD image because of a <uri
-link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173117">bug</uri> in more recent
-releases.
-</note>
-
</body>
</section>
</chapter>
@@ -174,16 +166,15 @@
<body>
<p>
-Download either <path>livecd-i686-installer-2007.0.iso</path> or
-<path>livecd-amd64-installer-2007.0.iso</path> from your local Gentoo Linux
-<uri link="/main/en/where.xml">mirror</uri> site and mount the ISO image on
-<path>/mnt/cdrom</path> as shown below:
+Download the Gentoo Weekly Minimal Install CD for your architecture from your
+local Gentoo Linux <uri link="/main/en/where.xml">mirror</uri> site and mount
+the ISO image on <path>/mnt/cdrom</path> as shown below:
</p>
<pre caption="Mounting the Gentoo Linux Installation CD ISO image">
<comment>(Create the /mnt/cdrom mount point if needed)</comment>
# <i>mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom</i>
-# <i>mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 livecd-i686-installer-2007.0.iso /mnt/cdrom</i>
+# <i>mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 /path/to/iso.iso /mnt/cdrom</i>
</pre>
<note>
@@ -295,6 +286,11 @@
You will need to rerun <c>syslinux /dev/sdc1</c> each time you modify the
<path>syslinux.cfg</path> file for the configuration changes to take affect.
</impo>
+<note>
+If this is the first time you have used syslinux, you will need to edit
+<path>/etc/mtools/mtools.conf</path> on your host. Simply commenting out
+<c>SAMPLE FILE</c> will suffice for the purpose of this guide.
+</note>
</body>
</section>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: liveusb.xml
@ 2009-01-26 20:19 Joshua Saddler (nightmorph)
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From: Joshua Saddler (nightmorph) @ 2009-01-26 20:19 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
nightmorph 09/01/26 20:19:31
Modified: liveusb.xml
Log:
Xavier typoed his dev email
Revision Changes Path
1.18 xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.18&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.18&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
Index: liveusb.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- liveusb.xml 26 Jan 2009 16:56:00 -0000 1.17
+++ liveusb.xml 26 Jan 2009 20:19:31 -0000 1.18
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.17 2009/01/26 16:56:00 neysx Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.18 2009/01/26 20:19:31 nightmorph Exp $ -->
<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux LiveUSB HOWTO</title>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<mail link="brix"/>
</author>
<author title="Editor">
- <mail link="neys"/>
+ <mail link="neysx"/>
</author>
<abstract>
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* [gentoo-doc-cvs] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/doc/en: liveusb.xml
@ 2009-01-26 16:56 Xavier Neys (neysx)
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From: Xavier Neys (neysx) @ 2009-01-26 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-doc-cvs
neysx 09/01/26 16:56:00
Modified: liveusb.xml
Log:
Added note about unetbootin
Revision Changes Path
1.17 xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml
file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.17&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?rev=1.17&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
Index: liveusb.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.16
retrieving revision 1.17
diff -u -r1.16 -r1.17
--- liveusb.xml 26 Jan 2009 07:15:58 -0000 1.16
+++ liveusb.xml 26 Jan 2009 16:56:00 -0000 1.17
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
<?xml version='1.0' encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.16 2009/01/26 07:15:58 nightmorph Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/liveusb.xml,v 1.17 2009/01/26 16:56:00 neysx Exp $ -->
-<guide link="/doc/en/liveusb.xml">
+<guide>
<title>Gentoo Linux LiveUSB HOWTO</title>
<author title="Author">
- <mail link="henrik@brixandersen.dk">Henrik Brix Andersen</mail>
+ <mail link="brix"/>
</author>
<author title="Editor">
- <mail link="neysx@gentoo.org">Xavier Neys</mail>
+ <mail link="neys"/>
</author>
<abstract>
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
<license/>
-<version>5</version>
-<date>2009-01-25</date>
+<version>6</version>
+<date>2009-01-26</date>
<chapter>
<title>Introduction</title>
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@
laptop with no CD-ROM drive.
</p>
+<note>
+The <c>sys-boot/unetbootin</c> package provides a much easier alternative to
+create a bootable USB stick from any bootable CD image.
+</note>
+
<p>
Although the instructions found in this document aim at emulating a Gentoo
Linux LiveCD using a USB flash drive, they should work for any arbitrary block
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