From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140901020646.GA15640@syscon7> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local>
On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
>On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
>Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
>>
>> df -h
>> /dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
>>
>> /dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
>>
>> while usb not mounted:
>>
>> dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
>> 0+1 records in
>> 0+1 records out
>> 440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.00121707 s, 362 kB/s
>>
>> While usb mounted:
>>
>> cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
>> mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
>> mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux.cfg /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg
>> rm -rf /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux*
>> mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest86 /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest
>> sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel
>> memtest:" /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg
>> umount /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa syslinux /dev/sda1
>>
>> Does the "dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda"
>> has to be run when USB is mounted or unmounted?
>>
>
>Joseph, I am assuming you are trying to create an install disk? If so,
>you shouldn't have to do all these steps. I normally just download the
>minimal install ISO and write it to a USB drive with the following
>commands:
>
># dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
># sync
>
>You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the
>data has actually been written to the device before you remove it.
>
>I have run across problems with some ISO files that don't play nice
>with this method, but this one seems to work well with the Gentoo
>minimal CD. Also, keep in mind that you don't really need to have the
>Gentoo install disc to install Gentoo. It's certainly EASIER to follow
>the handbook when you have the minimal install disc, but just about any
>Linux live CD will work as long as the architecture matches (chroot
>from x86 to amd64, for example, will not work). Anyway, if this is not
>what you are trying to do, maybe you can give us more details.
>--
>Will Tomlinson
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
sync
I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD.
--
Joseph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-01 2:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-30 5:37 [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Joseph
2014-08-30 6:15 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-08-30 6:32 ` Joseph
2014-08-30 7:08 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-08-31 18:06 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 0:55 ` Will Tomlinson
2014-09-01 1:28 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 2:06 ` Joseph [this message]
2014-09-01 2:16 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 6:48 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 7:18 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-09-01 15:44 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 8:02 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-09-01 15:45 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 9:46 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 9:32 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-09-01 16:00 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 11:20 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-09-01 8:51 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 9:13 ` Mick
2014-09-01 10:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 9:42 ` wraeth
2014-09-01 9:58 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 16:29 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 16:38 ` Christopher Jones
2014-09-01 16:41 ` Christopher Jones
2014-09-01 19:12 ` Joseph
2014-09-01 20:05 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 18:53 ` Christian Kruse
2014-09-01 19:50 ` Will Tomlinson
2014-09-01 23:42 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 0:08 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 0:26 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 5:36 ` Mick
2014-09-02 5:55 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 6:23 ` Dale
2014-09-02 7:21 ` Christian Kruse
2014-09-02 7:35 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 8:00 ` Dale
2014-09-02 9:56 ` Mick
2014-09-02 10:16 ` Dale
2014-09-02 13:10 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 13:26 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 9:38 ` Alec Ten Harmsel
2014-09-02 13:38 ` thegeezer
2014-09-02 14:10 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 14:40 ` Peter Humphrey
2014-09-02 14:42 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 16:16 ` thegeezer
2014-09-02 22:32 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2014-09-02 14:46 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-09-02 16:50 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 17:21 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 18:12 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 21:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 18:17 ` J. Roeleveld
2014-09-02 21:55 ` Walter Dnes
2014-09-02 12:29 ` Matti Nykyri
2014-09-01 20:13 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 21:58 ` Alan McKinnon
2014-09-01 22:03 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-01 22:14 ` Mick
2014-09-02 22:27 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2014-09-02 22:43 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 22:49 ` Dale
2014-09-01 23:51 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 0:09 ` Neil Bothwick
2014-09-02 0:29 ` Joseph
2014-09-02 0:36 ` wraeth
2014-09-02 9:48 ` Christian Kruse
2014-09-01 20:05 ` Neil Bothwick
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