From: Joseph <syscon780@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:44:05 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140901154405.GC15640@syscon7> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <54041DB7.8010605@gmail.com>
On 09/01/14 09:18, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>On 01/09/2014 08:48, Joseph wrote:
>> On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
>>> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
>>>> I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
>>>
>>> Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB
>>> stick
>>> with 1MB capacity...?
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> What path are you using for the USB drive? Are you specifying a partition
>>> (which you shouldn't)?
>>>
>>> As a working example:
>>>
>>> dd if=/home/wraeth/iso/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sdc
>>> bs=4M
>>> sync
>>>
>>> --
>>> wraeth
>>
>> In my case I was doing as root:
>> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso
>> of=/dev/sda bs=4096
>> sync
>>
>> and the usb was unmounted.
>>
>
>
>You didn't respond to the question if you really have a 1 MEGABYTE stick
>
>
>
>--
>Alan McKinnon
>alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
Sorry I've made a typo, I have two sticks one 1GB and one 4GB (not MB)
I've tried the "dd" with both and it doesn't work with CD ISO it might work with DVD ISO as the layout is different.
--
Joseph
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-01 15:43 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
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 [this message]
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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