From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KHUOU-0007FF-7M for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:59:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E3A93E03B1; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C92E5E03B1 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 01:59:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71547139D7D for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:59:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:59:24 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: t7gKbg4vbU4lf3J3ZLFI3c0iR4wq/HP4olZpoGgN4Kup 1215827964 Received: from [192.168.35.12] (cpe-24-167-121-156.satx.res.rr.com [24.167.121.156]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F2198D1FD for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:59:23 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <20080712014838.GL5036@syscon2.inet> References: <20080712014838.GL5036@syscon2.inet> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Marduk Enterprises Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:55:59 -0500 Message-Id: <1215827759.4394.1.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.3.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 86ebd91a-2216-4af4-9b8b-79c53da7c34b X-Archives-Hash: 839889ca5734a44c645e924afd18431b On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 19:48 -0600, Joseph wrote: > How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? > I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. > > The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. I personally have installed Gentoo from USB stick (RIPLinux) many times without any issues. There's really no difference. With the way the Gentoo works, all you really need for an install is bootable Linux that can talk to your devices... That's one of the great things about Gentoo. -a -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list