[gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Grant]

I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.

- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Michal 'vorner' Vaner]

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Hello

On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 08:01:51AM -0700, Grant wrote:
> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
> how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
> stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
> running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.

Do you have an USB flashdisk? You could get some kind of DSL or so and
install from it (you do not need gentoo LiveCD, any reasonable running
linux is OK).

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Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Robert Bridge]

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On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:01:51 -0700
Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
> how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
> stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
> running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.

If you already have a linux install on the machine, you could install
from that.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Andrey Falko]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Robert Bridge <robert@robbieab.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:01:51 -0700
> Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
>> how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
>> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
>> stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
>> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
>> running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.
>
> If you already have a linux install on the machine, you could install
> from that.
>
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>

I'd just network boot it: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_Diskless_Install

Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 16:16:25 +0100, Robert Bridge wrote:

> > I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
> > how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
> > options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
> > stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
> > a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
> > running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.  
> 
> If you already have a linux install on the machine, you could install
> from that.

Xandros doesn't have the tools necessary to install Gentoo. I used an
eeeXubuntu CD, which has a script to create a bootable flash disk. Boot
fro the CD on another computer, run the script then boot the Eee from the
USB stick.


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it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way
is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies.
The first method is far more difficult" -C.A.R. Hoare

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Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[ert256]

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If You have somewhere running PXE configuration, You can run liveCD
remotely from some pretend-nfs-serwer.

I've done that using simple pxe-configuration as follows :
	LABEL gentoo-nfs
	menu label ^Gentoo over NFS
	KERNEL gentoo/gentoo
	APPEND initrd=gentoo/gentoo.igz ip=dhcp root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=10.0.0.1:/srv/nfs/gentoo

And files gentoo and gentoo.igz was copied from live-cd i suppose, and
/dev/nfs was was livecd as far as i remember.
I've done that few months ago, can help but cannot remember all details now.


[ 06.10.2008 17:01 ], Grant :
> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
> how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
> stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
> running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.
> 
> - Grant
> 
> 

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Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Dan Cowsill]

It is possible to get a Gentoo LiveCD running happily on a USB flash
drive.  I'm currently running Ubuntu eee on my 701, but before that I
attempted a Gentoo install on it.  It is nothing short of the biggest
pain in the butt I could have imagined.  But if you like a
challenge...

D

Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Andrey Falko]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Dan Cowsill <danthehat@gmail.com> wrote:
> It is possible to get a Gentoo LiveCD running happily on a USB flash
> drive.  I'm currently running Ubuntu eee on my 701, but before that I
> attempted a Gentoo install on it.  It is nothing short of the biggest
> pain in the butt I could have imagined.  But if you like a
> challenge...
>
> D
>
>

Come to think of it, why wouldn't a simple:

dd if="/path/to/gentoo-livecd.iso" of=/dev/<flash drive>

not work? I think I've done the successfully with a Gentoo minimal
install CD, but I don't remember.

Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Iain Buchanan]

Andrey Falko wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Dan Cowsill<danthehat@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> It is possible to get a Gentoo LiveCD running happily on a USB flash
>> drive.  I'm currently running Ubuntu eee on my 701, but before that I
>> attempted a Gentoo install on it.  It is nothing short of the biggest
>> pain in the butt I could have imagined.  But if you like a
>> challenge...
>>
>> D
>>
>>
>
> Come to think of it, why wouldn't a simple:
>
> dd if="/path/to/gentoo-livecd.iso" of=/dev/<flash drive>
>
> not work? I think I've done the successfully with a Gentoo minimal
> install CD, but I don't remember.

you can pretty much unpack any gentoo bootable live cd to a usb drive, 
then run grub over it, and it's bootable (on newer systems).

<shamelessplug> I hear this guy wrote a howto:

http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/gentoo-linux-live-usb-key.html 
</shamelessplug>

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Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Jerry McBride]

On Monday 06 October 2008 08:01:08 pm Andrey Falko wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Dan Cowsill <danthehat@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is possible to get a Gentoo LiveCD running happily on a USB flash
> > drive.  I'm currently running Ubuntu eee on my 701, but before that I
> > attempted a Gentoo install on it.  It is nothing short of the biggest
> > pain in the butt I could have imagined.  But if you like a
> > challenge...
> >
> > D
>
> Come to think of it, why wouldn't a simple:
>
> dd if="/path/to/gentoo-livecd.iso" of=/dev/<flash drive>
>
> not work? I think I've done the successfully with a Gentoo minimal
> install CD, but I don't remember.

I tried that recently, but it failed. What I ended up doing was copying over 
the needed files from the hard drive to the flash drive, then ran 
grub-install to rewrite the grub files... Bingo... it boots now. 
incidentally, this is a ext2 formatted flash drive...

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Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Simon]

Hey Grant,
   I'm the owner of an EeePC 701 (though it recently became defective, i'm 
opening a case with asus for repairs...).

   First thing i did was to burn Slax 6 (see slax @ http://www.slax.org/) on a 
USB key, boot it and `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc` (bye bye 
lite-version-of-xandros-for-kids-or-retards-only).

   Slax comes with scripts to automate the process of making the key bootable. 
Go into the bios while the key is in, and you will be able to choose your "USB 
Megacorp key drive" (or whatever) as the boot device, reboot and enjoy a very 
nice, complete, full featured linux distribution.

   It should easilly become your rescue disk for your EeePC.

   From there, you will simply follow all instructions for installing gentoo on 
your sdd hd in a chrooted environment.  This will work exactly like with the cd 
(well, you'll have to work with it as if it was a network install and download 
the relevant packages).  Slax comes with konqueror as the browser, but you can 
download modules to get firefox instead and simply place them in the key, if i 
remember right at /<path-to-key>/slax/modules/.

Have fun!

Grant wrote:
> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
> how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
> stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
> running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.
> 
> - Grant
> 
> 

Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Grant]

> Hey Grant,
>  I'm the owner of an EeePC 701 (though it recently became defective, i'm
> opening a case with asus for repairs...).
>
>  First thing i did was to burn Slax 6 (see slax @ http://www.slax.org/) on a
> USB key, boot it and `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdc` (bye bye
> lite-version-of-xandros-for-kids-or-retards-only).
>
>  Slax comes with scripts to automate the process of making the key bootable.
> Go into the bios while the key is in, and you will be able to choose your
> "USB Megacorp key drive" (or whatever) as the boot device, reboot and enjoy
> a very nice, complete, full featured linux distribution.
>
>  It should easilly become your rescue disk for your EeePC.
>
>  From there, you will simply follow all instructions for installing gentoo
> on your sdd hd in a chrooted environment.  This will work exactly like with
> the cd (well, you'll have to work with it as if it was a network install and
> download the relevant packages).  Slax comes with konqueror as the browser,
> but you can download modules to get firefox instead and simply place them in
> the key, if i remember right at /<path-to-key>/slax/modules/.
>
> Have fun!

Thanks a lot for everyone's help.  I'm going to dig into this very soon.

- Grant


>> I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
>> how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
>> options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
>> stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
>> a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
>> running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.
>>
>> - Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Joseph]

On 10/06/08 08:01, Grant wrote:
>I'm very familiar with installing Gentoo via LiveCD, but I'm not sure
>how to go about it without a CD drive.  I'm sure there are many exotic
>options to choose from, but I'd rather not have to learn too much new
>stuff to get this done.  Can anyone recommend a simple method?  I have
>a wired/wireless LAN/internet connection and 3 systems on the LAN
>running Gentoo.  No USB drive though.
>
>- Grant

Have you tried this link:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml

I have Gentoo minimal install on USB stick and just got eee pc, eee pc boots OK from USB but I did not try to install yet.

Here is another help link:
http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/Asus_EEE_PC_1000

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