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 1R5Mdf-0001Bm-NH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:02:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFB6221C2F8; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:02:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAD3621C0C4 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:01:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2091B4028 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:01:42 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -5.333 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.333 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=1.266, BAYES_00=-2.599, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED=-4] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id YYXjDG+Si9rR for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38C2C1B4027 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:01:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R5McL-0008PQ-13 for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:01:29 +0200 Received: from c-98-215-179-64.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([98.215.179.64]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:01:29 +0200 Received: from reader by c-98-215-179-64.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:01:29 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Harry Putnam Subject: [gentoo-user] how to install from ISO without burning it Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 14:01:14 -0500 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87r53dd69x.fsf@newsguy.com> 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 Content-Type: text/plain X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-98-215-179-64.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:YFlSxTG+xmp/5ceGZhvY/eR0ns0= X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: f09ad40ea424043d46fe74700667e61c I've been looking around for a way to install gentoo just by plopping an ISO into a known partition,. I'm not getting much from google on this search string: install gentoo directly from iso. Or I should say: I've found a couple of how toos but they involve quite a lot of mumbo jumbo like this one: http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/06/boot-livecd-iso-image-from-hdd/305 I can follow that alright but first wanted to make sure there is not a well established mainstream way of doing it.