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 905B51381F3 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2013 20:21:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80C1BE0CDD; Fri, 6 Sep 2013 20:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53241E0CC7 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 2013 20:21:39 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpYyv/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBgzBIY1hgkhhA41+iA6BHYRhiHCBXoMT X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpYyv/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEEATocKAsLIRMSDwUlN4gLBgzBIY1hgkhhA41+iA6BHYRhiHCBXoMT X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="26703784" Received: from 69-165-140-175.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.140.175]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 06 Sep 2013 16:18:27 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 06 Sep 2013 16:21:36 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 16:21:36 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how Message-ID: <20130906202136.GA5443@waltdnes.org> References: <20130107030508.GA22701@waltdnes.org> <20130904194109.GA31388@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: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Archives-Salt: bff04f57-22be-4c60-8c9e-db4db930c922 X-Archives-Hash: 82c2b5c4da9f7a3e9a97e08b1523646e On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 09:59:28PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote > Do the instructions at http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveUSB/HOWTO work > with UEFI machines where the simple 'dd' method doesn't? I don't have a UEFI boot machine, so I don't know. > One datapoint: my motherboard has UEFI bios, and simply dd'ing the > minimal install .iso to a flash drive worked fine. When I boot up > with the USB drive, the BIOS boot menu shows two entries for the USB > drive, the first one always worked, so I never tried the second one... Are you booting in UEFI mode or "legacy mode"? -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications