Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

[Crístian Viana]

>
> 1) Will the old 2007.0 ISO still work?


I'm not sure, but probably yes. but it's better if you download the latest
ISO ;)

2) Is it *REALLY* necessary to download a 700 meg (*COMPRESSED*) full-

  blown system with pointy-clicky-touchie-feelie-oowee-GUI to do a

  commandline install that could normally be done by a minimal install

  image a fraction of that size?


no. you can download the file "install-<arch>-minimal-<date>.iso" from one
of Gentoo mirrors. it's a little more than 100 MiB.

use unetbootin to "copy" the ISO to your USB key and boot your computer with
it. and follow the handbook as if you were installing Gentoo from the CD.

On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:57:15AM +0100, KH wrote
>
> > This might be what you have been looking for.
> >
> > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml
>
>   That was one of the items I saw.  A couple of questions...
>
> 1) Will the old 2007.0 ISO still work?
>
> 2) Is it *REALLY* necessary to download a 700 meg (*COMPRESSED*) full-
>   blown system with pointy-clicky-touchie-feelie-oowee-GUI to do a
>   commandline install that could normally be done by a minimal install
>   image a fraction of that size?
>
>  What I'd like to do is put the minimal install image on a USB key and
> boot from that.
>
> --
> Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
>
>


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Crístian Deives dos Santos Viana [aka CD1]
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