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 4B72D13877A for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 16:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77435E0B83; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 16:38:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-qg0-f43.google.com (mail-qg0-f43.google.com [209.85.192.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5F55AE0AF8 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2014 16:38:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-qg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id f51so5372843qge.16 for ; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:38:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:references:from:content-type:in-reply-to:message-id:date:to :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=+PluLjHZXElD/dknUycI3Xj7rdcLnuLmwz4gnd0Uaho=; b=YZNv1+Vh81cnBitYvBOm3RaTZocIqxZVWIqyV8o3jM24RbYda5SvL7v35paNMvZoiv 1xCW0DSu6AB9gZ2p7J2WLaRECTgGOAEejJrch7diYB532e2GtVmzPMP1in4XzC2SEHbn KTlDwa10ZXdUCzgc//mdtyshleeMWB5iyrNMZoSejmNbHULHbV0biPqq0dXZPC2aaG2f UU+TqNgJDjk0riYSqUzPk73ZPN43Bl3x2MZCzSKAK3f8ASw1I1JzqtLtZsWjmbhwW8QZ hlJeyTFDyxMp4JnGILR2eIJHcGX+K0w8S0moXzvLwURts2uvHZsHR6hDfnhrQjb8OoFN eBaw== X-Received: by 10.229.57.138 with SMTP id c10mr46696814qch.30.1409589518546; Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:38:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.8] (c-174-54-115-236.hsd1.pa.comcast.net. [174.54.115.236]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id h2sm3146260qah.35.2014.09.01.09.38.38 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 01 Sep 2014 09:38:38 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB References: <20140830053737.GA5867@syscon2> <20140831205527.4ea565c2@joel.rcfcuxp.local> <20140901095110.5bd3d426@hactar.digimed.co.uk> <9656274.IeHv5j4dDW@nemesis> <20140901162922.GF15640@syscon7> From: Christopher Jones Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (11D257) In-Reply-To: <20140901162922.GF15640@syscon7> Message-Id: Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 12:38:36 -0400 To: "gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 (1.0) X-Archives-Salt: 35360ec0-f81d-4f4f-bb7d-582cb670ca03 X-Archives-Hash: fde7bc2b68eb1cc1c9418ac7abd89cb9 I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done.=20 Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Joseph wrote: >=20 >> On 09/01/14 19:42, wraeth wrote: >>> On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:51:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> The ISO image has to be created as a "hybrid" image for this to work. >>=20 >> I'm pretty sure the Gentoo minimal image is - I've been dd'ing the iso's f= or >> quite a while now, and it's always been a simple case of download, verify= , dd. >=20 > If you burn the minimal install CD ISO image to CD it will work, but I thi= nk it will not work if one tries to put it on a USB stick. The structure is d= ifferent for USB. >=20 >>=20 >> Besides, running `fdisk -l /path/to/image.iso` does return a partition li= st >> (of one NTFS/Hidden partition) for me, using a standard unmodified minima= l >> iso. >=20 > fdisk -l install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso >=20 > Disk install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso: 190 MiB, 199229440 bytes, 389120 s= ectors > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 =3D 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0x1047d058 >=20 > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System= > install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso1 * 0 389119 194560 17 Hidden= HPFS/NTFS >=20 >>=20 >> It's certainly worth noting, but in this case, OP is using a minimal imag= e >> (install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso). >>=20 >> -- >> wraeth >=20 > --=20 > Joseph >=20