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 14362138A1C for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:03:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7D36EE09A5; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:03:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cdptpa-oedge-vip.email.rr.com (cdptpa-outbound-snat.email.rr.com [107.14.166.226]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 487F7E07EB for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:03:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [71.40.157.251] ([71.40.157.251:38762] helo=[192.168.2.52]) by cdptpa-oedge01 (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 3.5.0.35861 r(Momo-dev:tip)) with ESMTP id 6A/71-14197-F94FD645; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:03:11 +0000 Message-ID: <546E041A.5030105@tampabay.rr.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:09:14 -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: 107.14.168.118:25 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Archives-Salt: ca77f89f-577e-4aca-8724-15904ea7a3f1 X-Archives-Hash: a6c9cc91c6c89db467bf448205a45b37 On 11/19/14 19:30, David Abbott wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, James wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: >> >> https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml >> >> So my understanding is you can put this on a usb stick. Run >> gentoo live, download packages, set flags, install packages >> and save them to the USB stick? So it's a portable gentoo >> workstation on a usb stick? > > Use dd to put it on a usb stick. > For persistence I would ask likewhoa; > https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-995118.html > > Regards, > David YES. I read that. I think there is something in this article (persistence maybe?) that allows one to emerge and keep the newly installed softwares. I think it's going to have to be some with a deeper understanding of what he is say, to figure out an explicit path forward for me. James