From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OV25l-00079I-7s for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:45:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6491FE0A94; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:44:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2AD4E0A94 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:44:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 03 Jul 2010 12:44:48 -0000 Received: from 85-127-210-94.dynamic.xdsl-line.inode.at (EHLO [192.168.178.20]) [85.127.210.94] by mail.gmx.net (mp070) with SMTP; 03 Jul 2010 14:44:48 +0200 X-Authenticated: #30591987 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/uKSBXn5/u+dsxekdqW+YYN8liA1kG1lldX2SgrM Ljehingabi1M0x Message-ID: <4C2F30C0.6030707@gmx.net> Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2010 14:44:48 +0200 From: ich bins User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100626 Thunderbird/3.1 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can we please get a USB-stick install boot image? References: <20100630225209.GA11868@waltdnes.org> <20100702125651.77aa9490@dartworks.biz> In-Reply-To: <20100702125651.77aa9490@dartworks.biz> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: 663f02b8-56b7-41fb-8e16-19137943c570 X-Archives-Hash: 6273e79254cc46711b4913e2a48e6a32 Am 02.07.2010 21:56, schrieb Keith Dart: > === On Wed, 06/30, waltdnes@waltdnes.org wrote: === >> able to modify a CD boot image get Gentoo to boot from a >> USB stick. > === > > I have done that. Here's basically what I did. > > #!/bin/sh > > ISO=/home/ftp/pub/install/install-amd64-minimal-20081213.iso > > mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sdc1 > dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc || exit > mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 $ISO /mnt/iso || exit > mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/media1 || exit > cp -r /mnt/iso/* /mnt/media1 || exit > sync > mv /mnt/media1/isolinux/* /mnt/media1 > mv /mnt/media1/isolinux.cfg /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg > rm -rf /mnt/media1/isolinux* > mv /mnt/media1/memtest86 /mnt/media1/memtest > > umount /mnt/iso > #vim /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg > sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" \ > -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel memtest:" /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg > > umount /mnt/media1 > syslinux /dev/sdc1 > > > > > -- Keith Dart > try the manual from the systemrescuecd (a very recent gentoo based livecd) http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick