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 0904D1381F3 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8FB11E0B4D; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:57:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.teksavvy.com [206.248.154.182]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98734E0B11 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 23:57:58 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpYyv/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEFOhwzCxgJExIPBSU3iBEMwSGNYYJIYQONfogOgR2EYYhwgV6DEw X-IPAS-Result: Av4EABK/CFFFpYyv/2dsb2JhbABEvw4Xc4IeAQEFOhwzCxgJExIPBSU3iBEMwSGNYYJIYQONfogOgR2EYYhwgV6DEw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="26810673" Received: from 69-165-140-175.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([69.165.140.175]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 07 Sep 2013 19:54:43 -0400 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 07 Sep 2013 19:57:56 -0400 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 19:57:56 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how Message-ID: <20130907235756.GA5482@waltdnes.org> References: <20130107030508.GA22701@waltdnes.org> <20130904194109.GA31388@waltdnes.org> <20130906202136.GA5443@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: 4cf53918-48e7-4391-9ec6-99e0482b8f77 X-Archives-Hash: c05d6ebcc619799616587138fde1f55e On Sat, Sep 07, 2013 at 12:31:36PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote > On 2013-09-06, Walter Dnes wrote: > > 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"? > > Legacy mode. Will a minimal install CD work in non-legacy UEFI-only > mode? I don't know. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications