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 85D9313877A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:06:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C5AFE0C11; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:05:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.digimed.co.uk (82-69-83-178.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk [82.69.83.178]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53584E0BCC for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 20:05:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.3]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 64A7523485 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:05:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 21:05:42 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Message-ID: <20140901210542.5a685939@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20140901191249.GG15640@syscon7> References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local> <20140901095110.5bd3d426@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <9656274.IeHv5j4dDW@nemesis> <20140901162922.GF15640@syscon7> <20140901191249.GG15640@syscon7> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.10.1-119-g7fbc83 (GTK+ 2.24.24; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/Ax=tyiJHC_wZ==+5rwaCkdP"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 6317b577-5db6-4fc8-af7e-b56f6c4307c6 X-Archives-Hash: 2eea009d6d89065afed79ab698fc4bb2 --Sig_/Ax=tyiJHC_wZ==+5rwaCkdP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:12:49 -0600, Joseph wrote: > 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 =E2=80=93 mount, cp, all that =E2=80=93 and = install a > bootloader such as Syslinux or lilo or GRUB.=20 No you don't. See my previous posts. --=20 Neil Bothwick Politicians are like nappies Both should be changed regularly, and for the same reason --Sig_/Ax=tyiJHC_wZ==+5rwaCkdP Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlQE0ZYACgkQum4al0N1GQNUoACfdOCqQg3ZWA7RRe1caFL61qyN zuUAn1nAncmT16gSiTF5DJ60Cd74aNGu =ZBAb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/Ax=tyiJHC_wZ==+5rwaCkdP--