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 3889B138335 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:10:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7B20421C005; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:09:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 683BA21C005 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:08:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus1) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0LmJfG-1TIJem3bT0-00ZtQu; Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:08:32 -0500 Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 07:08:29 -0600 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install from USB stick; here's how Message-ID: <20130107130829.GB20719@server> References: <20130107030508.GA22701@waltdnes.org> 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=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130107030508.GA22701@waltdnes.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:0AuVJzYXD+FXR77anGnhVMvuXuwmRY4gg9HZpEh8H7s 1WhUdMpqyAs0+oyJ4eNJs47acDI9InZxKx6Yl+0AIifC24yS7u OJ2tODTkAa13OjOxtHXOaMO7SIghxBsvsUqCOoCNSn5dF4KzJC JUT8xAzeEJ1SyzT7hev0Ah7KTeusmgjNhLRDZqYbQmPkBCsnum 1XVu6h7NlBPsRY2XPVzSdsysYWPjsVGr0WRG1PlrfMeN0mnlrm iHRinVikQmsUkhDNLqEhvWDc9wGiIehBT1BirYN3CMeNQ0rqqw cx+/j6xIknkGcvLtQwnHLwN9r4Wmbb03BNtYfRmQqUSNHLg0zQ Zer2LAPWQLGu0541wcFs= X-Archives-Salt: 469ea85b-81f8-4638-aded-66325137bd2a X-Archives-Hash: f816265d372e55b255892411b7fb7fe8 On Sun, Jan 06, 2013 at 10:05:08PM -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > For those of you who don't want to do the tap-dance listed at... > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml > > * My netbook's harddrive is normally /dev/sda, except when I boot from a > USB stick. The stick will become /dev/sda and the harddrive becomes > /dev/sdb Tired of the old dog-and-pony show? http://www.sysresccd.org/Download gives you a much more complete environment, including wifi support (with firmware), and won't conflabulate and change the devices like that one metioned above, and has a very simple install script. Here's blkid on the laptop normally: /dev/sda1: LABEL="system" UUID="d91e2ce9-d1b0-4619-abc3-3886142d58da" TYPE="xfs" /dev/sda2: LABEL="swap" UUID="f303a606-2bd6-47b1-8761-3d5f212725fd" TYPE="swap" and after booting with SystemRescueCd: /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/sda1: LABEL="system" UUID="d91e2ce9-d1b0-4619-abc3-3886142d58da" TYPE="xfs" /dev/sda2: LABEL="swap" UUID="f303a606-2bd6-47b1-8761-3d5f212725fd" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: LABEL="SYSRESC" UUID="52DC-EE33" TYPE="vfat" Since it's tools are better, it has x86 or x86_64 kernels, more options, and it's based on Gentoo ... it's a great replacement for those old Gentoo minimals. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting