From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AC4A138E74 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:32:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 42619E0B14; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpq5.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net (smtpq5.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net [212.54.42.168]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3CA8E0A6B for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:32:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.54.42.137] (helo=smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq5.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XONyg-0001dk-BU for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:32:46 +0200 Received: from 53579160.cm-6-8c.dynamic.ziggo.nl ([83.87.145.96] helo=data.antarean.org) by smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1XONyf-0001RU-PZ for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:32:46 +0200 Received: from andromeda.localnet (unknown [10.20.13.51]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by data.antarean.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CC4A64B for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:32:19 +0200 (CEST) From: "J. Roeleveld" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 11:32:47 +0200 Message-ID: <1984621.EcnsxNjCF1@andromeda> Organization: Antarean User-Agent: KMail/4.12.5 (Linux/3.14.14-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <20140901020646.GA15640@syscon7> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local> <20140901020646.GA15640@syscon7> 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Ziggo-spambar: ---- X-Ziggo-spamscore: -4.9 X-Ziggo-spamreport: ALL_TRUSTED=-1,BAYES_00=-1.9,PROLO_TRUST_RDNS=-3,RDNS_DYNAMIC=0.982 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Status: No X-Spam-Flag: No X-Archives-Salt: 71362f4c-e3f3-4221-99c6-406d4728f687 X-Archives-Hash: de45884493e0d6b4def0e03db470bf11 On Sunday, August 31, 2014 08:06:46 PM Joseph wrote: > On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote: > >On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600 > > > >Joseph wrote: > >> I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work. > >> > >> df -h > >> /dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa > >> > >> /dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32 Which command did you use to create the filesystem? > >> while usb not mounted: > >> > >> dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda > >> 0+1 records in > >> 0+1 records out > >> 440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.00121707 s, 362 kB/s > >> > >> While usb mounted: Which command do you use to mount? > > > >Joseph, I am assuming you are trying to create an install disk? If so, > >you shouldn't have to do all these steps. I normally just download the > >minimal install ISO and write it to a USB drive with the following > >commands: > > > ># dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096 > ># sync > > > >You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the > >data has actually been written to the device before you remove it. > > > >I have run across problems with some ISO files that don't play nice > >with this method, but this one seems to work well with the Gentoo > >minimal CD. Also, keep in mind that you don't really need to have the > >Gentoo install disc to install Gentoo. It's certainly EASIER to follow > >the handbook when you have the minimal install disc, but just about any > >Linux live CD will work as long as the architecture matches (chroot > >from x86 to amd64, for example, will not work). Anyway, if this is not > >what you are trying to do, maybe you can give us more details. > > I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work: > dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096 > sync > > I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD. Why not use unetbootin? -- Joost