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 C7F83138A1C for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3EF72E0817; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:00:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.231]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EE0CE07EB for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:00:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [71.40.157.251] ([71.40.157.251:38756] helo=[192.168.2.52]) by cdptpa-oedge02 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id A8/14-02975-9E3FD645; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:00:09 +0000 Message-ID: <546E0364.8010102@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:06:12 -0500 From: wireless@tampabay.rr.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.8.0 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] Iron penguin on usb? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RR-Connecting-IP: 107.14.168.130:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Archives-Salt: f0f38b8b-7414-4e94-af55-e52b7b957720 X-Archives-Hash: bc57e75f9e7df116f8d113569c46a3e9 On 11/19/14 19:20, Neil Bothwick wrote: > 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. Yep, that's it. Theoretical question: If one build this image, why can't you include a file that is the size of the remaining free space before creating the image? It afterwards use that file space to install additional wares? James