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 1KHUvN-00035g-D5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:33:25 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 01CC8E0304; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:33:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bpd2mo3no-dmz.prod.shawcable.com (shawmail.shawcable.com [64.59.128.220]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD873E0304 for ; Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:33:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=oOfvtxlcdT5AsY6IugEA:9 a=yR08U39UnEoHDXDkGY4GgJEkTU0A:4 a=b8mOe-X1wHcA:10 a=1Un4Xh0ptjIA:10 Received: from bpd2mi3no-svcs.prod.shawcable.com ([10.0.184.122]) by bpd2mo3no-ssvc.prod.shawcable.com with ESMTP; 11 Jul 2008 20:33:22 -0600 X-Cloudmark-SP-Filtered: true X-Cloudmark-SP-Result: v=1.0 c=0 a=oOfvtxlcdT5AsY6IugEA:9 a=yR08U39UnEoHDXDkGY4GgJEkTU0A:4 a=b8mOe-X1wHcA:10 a=1Un4Xh0ptjIA:10 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.30,348,1212386400"; d="scan'208";a="1435577" Received: from unknown (HELO bpd2mi3no-cmts.prod.shawcable.com) ([192.168.183.122]) by bpd2mi3no-cmts.prod.shawcable.com with ESMTP; 11 Jul 2008 20:33:22 -0600 X-reinject: true Received: from s01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net (HELO syscon2.localdomain) ([68.148.196.55]) by bpd2mi3no-dmz.prod.shawcable.com with ESMTP; 11 Jul 2008 20:33:22 -0600 Received: by syscon2.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 0F70E2EB544; Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:33:45 -0600 (MDT) Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:33:45 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick Message-ID: <20080712023345.GM5036@syscon2.inet> References: <20080712014838.GL5036@syscon2.inet> <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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1215827759.4394.1.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: 256e82b5-9466-458e-8688-19c0cd9cb150 X-Archives-Hash: d15f98c9f2fc83954b656779c8d7992e On 07/11/08 20:55, Albert Hopkins wrote: >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 How did you transfer bootable CD into a stick? -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list