| 1 |
What about newbies? Please make it easier to *at least* the boot part, after that there's the gentoo handbook ;). (Like many, I started learning most of the things that I know with the handbook, so I couldn't figure that liveusb@windows alone). |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
I believe it was OpenSolaris that had this well worked out. Their livecd had a small script that allowed to copy itself to a liveusb. |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
I started writing the script for gentoo some time ago, but had to stop. |
| 6 |
|
| 7 |
Besides, environmentally speaking liveusb should be encouraged :p |
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Re: Call for feature requests for 2008.0 |
| 10 |
> From: wolf31o2@g.o |
| 11 |
> To: gentoo-releng@l.g.o |
| 12 |
> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:34:57 -0800 |
| 13 |
> |
| 14 |
> On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 11:02 -0800, Arthur Britto wrote: |
| 15 |
> > For people who have CDROM driver issues or lack of a CDROM drive, |
| 16 |
> > LiveUSB images would be nice a addition to 2008.0: |
| 17 |
> > |
| 18 |
> > Gentoo Linux LiveUSB HOWTO |
| 19 |
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml |
| 20 |
> > |
| 21 |
> > Unfortunately, some potential users are not in a position to follow the |
| 22 |
> > instructions due to lack of access to a Gentoo root shell. |
| 23 |
> |
| 24 |
> You don't need access to Gentoo. You can use any Linux, or even MacOS |
| 25 |
> or Windows, to remaster the image. |
| 26 |
> |
| 27 |
> -- |
| 28 |
> Chris Gianelloni |
| 29 |
> Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
| 30 |
> Games Developer |
| 31 |
|
| 32 |
_________________________________________________________________ |
| 33 |
Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! |
| 34 |
http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ |
Archives