Re: [gentoo-user] Asus Eee Gentoo install - no CD drive

[Iain Buchanan <iaindb@netspace.net.au>]

Andrey Falko wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Dan Cowsill<danthehat@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> It is possible to get a Gentoo LiveCD running happily on a USB flash
>> drive.  I'm currently running Ubuntu eee on my 701, but before that I
>> attempted a Gentoo install on it.  It is nothing short of the biggest
>> pain in the butt I could have imagined.  But if you like a
>> challenge...
>>
>> D
>>
>>
>
> Come to think of it, why wouldn't a simple:
>
> dd if="/path/to/gentoo-livecd.iso" of=/dev/<flash drive>
>
> not work? I think I've done the successfully with a Gentoo minimal
> install CD, but I don't remember.

you can pretty much unpack any gentoo bootable live cd to a usb drive, 
then run grub over it, and it's bootable (on newer systems).

<shamelessplug> I hear this guy wrote a howto:

http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/gentoo-linux-live-usb-key.html 
</shamelessplug>

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