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 BD92413877A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:43:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3258BE09CD; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:43:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail125c7.megamailservers.com (mail718.megamailservers.com [69.49.98.28]) (using TLSv1.1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15408E0991 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:43:46 +0000 (UTC) X-POP-User: admin@sys-concept.com X-VIP: 69.49.109.100 Received: from syscon7.localdomain (S01060050da7ae68c.ed.shawcable.net [68.149.90.13]) by mail125c7.megamailservers.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id s81FhcaF012025 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:43:40 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2C40320027E; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:44:05 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:44:05 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140901154405.GC15640@syscon7> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local> <20140901020646.GA15640@syscon7> <4905449.lKjXojxoda@cerberus> <20140901064825.GB15640@syscon7> <54041DB7.8010605@gmail.com> 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=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54041DB7.8010605@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020207.54049431.0141,ss=1,re=0.000,recu=0.000,reip=0.000,cl=1,cld=1,fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.000 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-CSC: 0 X-CHA: v=2.1 cv=VdzOYjZ9 c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:117 a=C3ZDv51cNVt4vJz/79I2xQ==:17 a=SDcUNfBxAAAA:8 a=BDKbP5mgAAAA:8 a=Unq3plm5DvEA:10 a=M1kyBYkWWGkA:10 a=SuFnMd4Av3cA:10 a=-sCtj0qjysgA:10 a=nDghuxUhq_wA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=PJ7I1-Jxx5b8xD8wFooA:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 X-Archives-Salt: 4da1b258-2610-44c9-9b75-dd0d9d7ab98f X-Archives-Hash: f0d32748d1125db069a4c86c5dc6e04d 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