On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:15:38 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:

> Are these the best instructions to follow to createa usb bootable
> live gentoo image?  It has to be able to install new packages and 
> save those to the usb stick.
> 
> I remember some time back (Neil) mentioned a package I was
> not aware of (and naturally cannot remmber the name of) that
> made creating USB bootable, usable, images on a usb stick
> straightforward?

Do you mean isohybrid? That converts an ISO image to make it suitable for
copying to a USB drive with dd and booting it as if it were a CD. it's
not suitable for your needs as it uses the whole drive as an ISO9660
filesystem, leaving nowhere to save your files.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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