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 A4D1C13877A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 19:12:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 43279E0B62; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 19:12:53 +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 227BFE0B38 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 19:12:51 +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 s81JChiY004895 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:12:45 -0400 Received: by syscon7.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1D67420027E; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:12:49 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:12:49 -0600 From: Joseph To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140901191249.GG15640@syscon7> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local> <20140901095110.5bd3d426@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <9656274.IeHv5j4dDW@nemesis> <20140901162922.GF15640@syscon7> 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=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020208.5404C532.01B2,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=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=pGLkceISAAAA:8 a=bgaav_HhTIdHzWUOppoA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=MSl-tDqOz04A:10 X-Archives-Salt: 0e4ddc7e-8625-4d66-90bf-3a0e29980d73 X-Archives-Hash: 09fd7b26334412d001daad78d99cccbe On 09/01/14 12:41, Christopher Jones wrote: > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Christopher Jones wrote: >> >> I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done. >> [snip] Some ISO images already have the appropriate boot sector; for example, Arch Linux ISOs. In this case, all you need is to write the image using dd ... of=/dev/sda or similar. But if the ISO image is not specially prepared (like Gentoo minimal ISO's) to be used from a USB drive, you need to copy the .iso file to the disk as an ordinary file – mount, cp, all that – and install a bootloader such as Syslinux or lilo or GRUB. Unfortunately the instruction on Gentoo Wiki is missing something, so it doesn't work either. -- Joseph