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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Booting LiveCD iso from hard drive with GRUB legacy
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 08:28:18 +0100
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On Saturday 18 May 2013 19:46:15 Walter Dnes wrote:
> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 09:15:44AM +0100, Mick wrote
>=20
> > Hi All,
> >=20
> > Is there a way of achieving this?
>=20
> I don't think so. Can your system boot from a USB stick? If so, see
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Installation_Media for
> instructions on how to make a CD ISO bootable off a USB stick. Note
> that this is for legacy boot. For UEFI boot, see
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI#Create_UEFI_bootable_USB_from_I=
SO
>=20
> 1) If you haven't already done so "emerge sys-boot/syslinux" to get the
> "isohybrid" command.
>=20
> 2) Get a USB stick. *WARNING* all data on the stick will be erased
>=20
> 3) Assume the ISO is install-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso Execute the
> command
>=20
> isohybrid install-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso
>=20
> 4) Insert the USB stick. *DO NOT MOUNT IT*. Unmount it manually if you
> have an automounter.
>=20
> 5) As root, execute the command...
>=20
> dd bs=3D4M if=3Dinstall-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso of=3D/dev/sdx
>=20
> ...where sdx is the USB stick (e.g. sdb or sdc or whatever)
> - be careful not to overwrite the wrong device
> - yes, it's sdx, not sdx1
>=20
> 6) You now have a bootable USB stick
Thank you for this useful and succinct info Walter. Although I don't want =
to=20
use a bootable USB on this occasion, I'll keep this message as a reference =
for=20
when I do. :-)
=2D-=20
Regards,
Mick
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