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 417261381F3 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:32:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5C58DE0B9B; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:32:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 62145E0B88 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63DC833E958 for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:32:07 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.83 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.83 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.397, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=0.001, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED=1.2, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-2.427, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=unavailable Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [IPv6:::ffff:127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 4UAodG5taZ7Q for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:32:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 88B3533EA6A for ; Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:31:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VIHgC-0005Q5-OY for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:31:56 +0200 Received: from c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net ([24.118.110.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:31:56 +0200 Received: from grant.b.edwards by c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 07 Sep 2013 14:31:56 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Grant Edwards Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:31:36 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20130107030508.GA22701@waltdnes.org> <20130904194109.GA31388@waltdnes.org> <20130906202136.GA5443@waltdnes.org> X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-24-118-110-103.hsd1.mn.comcast.net User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Linux) 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 X-Archives-Salt: eeb61299-d5d4-4662-b0c3-5e1a248e4ac6 X-Archives-Hash: 5bab2fea0b6fb06500b9bdb153db0bb0 On 2013-09-06, Walter Dnes wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 09:59:28PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote > >> Do the instructions at http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveUSB/HOWTO work >> with UEFI machines where the simple 'dd' method doesn't? > > I don't have a UEFI boot machine, so I don't know. > >> One datapoint: my motherboard has UEFI bios, and simply dd'ing the >> minimal install .iso to a flash drive worked fine. When I boot up >> with the USB drive, the BIOS boot menu shows two entries for the USB >> drive, the first one always worked, so I never tried the second one... > > Are you booting in UEFI mode or "legacy mode"? Legacy mode. Will a minimal install CD work in non-legacy UEFI-only mode? -- Grant