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On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 06:52:09PM -0400, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: |
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> I don't know if this is the proper list to post this request to. I've |
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> been using linux for a dozen years, and am capable of reading and |
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> following instructions. But, after a lot of dicking around, I still |
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> haven't been able to modify a CD boot image get Gentoo to boot from a |
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> USB stick. For my netbook (look ma, no CD) I ended up booting Knoppix |
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> from a USB-stick, and installing Gentoo from there. |
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> There are quite a few machines without CD drives being sold today, but |
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> none that I'm aware of that won't boot from a USB stick. I believe that |
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> USB-stick images, rather than CD images, should be the default |
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> distributed boot images on the mirrors. And think of all the CD's that |
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> won't end up in the landfill, after an install image is used once. |
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While I'd also like to see USB boot media, I'd like to observe that |
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SystemRescueCD, which is based on Gentoo, is perfectly good to use as |
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an install medium. |
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Willie W. Wong wwong@××××××××××××××.edu |
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Data aequatione quotcunque fluentes quantitae involvente fluxiones invenire |
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et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton |