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From: thegeezer <thegeezer@thegeezer.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 10:17:06 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5226FA92.1050103@thegeezer.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <l054si$19s$1@ger.gmane.org>

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You can also create a Grub2 bootable usb which launches ISO.
this is always useful to have.
for a while now Gentoo has supported being launched this way.
you need the following in your grub2 cfg
the crucial part is the /iso/install-amd64-minimal-20110714.iso   (yeah
i know is an old iso but this also shows how long it has worked)
this needs to be a real path on the usb stick

menuentry "Gentoo Linux minimal install" {
    loopback loop /iso/install-amd64-minimal-20110714.iso
    linux (loop)/isolinux/gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc dokeymap
looptype=squashfs   loop=/image.squashfs cdroot initrd=gentoo.igz
isoboot=/iso/install-amd64-minimal-20110714.iso
    initrd (loop)/isolinux/gentoo.igz
}

Until i got my Zalman VE300 i was using this to boot emergency repair disks
is a lot handier having one usb with many iso than a seperate usb stick
for each distro



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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-09-04  9:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-07  3:05 [gentoo-user] Install from USB stick; here's how Walter Dnes
2013-01-07 13:08 ` Bruce Hill
2013-09-03 17:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2013-09-03 20:33   ` Walter Dnes
2013-09-03 21:16     ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-03 20:50   ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-03 21:19     ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-03 21:25       ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-03 22:13         ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-04  5:00           ` Walter Dnes
2013-09-04 14:07             ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-04  8:08           ` Alan McKinnon
2013-09-04  9:17   ` thegeezer [this message]
2013-09-04 19:41   ` Walter Dnes
2013-09-04 21:59     ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-06 20:21       ` Walter Dnes
2013-09-07 12:31         ` Grant Edwards
2013-09-07 23:57           ` Walter Dnes

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