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On Saturday 18 May 2013 19:46:15 Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 09:15:44AM +0100, Mick wrote |
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> > Hi All, |
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> > |
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> > Is there a way of achieving this? |
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> I don't think so. Can your system boot from a USB stick? If so, see |
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> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Installation_Media for |
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> instructions on how to make a CD ISO bootable off a USB stick. Note |
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> that this is for legacy boot. For UEFI boot, see |
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> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/UEFI#Create_UEFI_bootable_USB_from_ISO |
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> 1) If you haven't already done so "emerge sys-boot/syslinux" to get the |
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> "isohybrid" command. |
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> 2) Get a USB stick. *WARNING* all data on the stick will be erased |
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> 3) Assume the ISO is install-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso Execute the |
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> command |
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> isohybrid install-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso |
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> 4) Insert the USB stick. *DO NOT MOUNT IT*. Unmount it manually if you |
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> have an automounter. |
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> 5) As root, execute the command... |
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> dd bs=4M if=install-amd64-minimal-20130516.iso of=/dev/sdx |
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> ...where sdx is the USB stick (e.g. sdb or sdc or whatever) |
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> - be careful not to overwrite the wrong device |
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> - yes, it's sdx, not sdx1 |
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> 6) You now have a bootable USB stick |
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Thank you for this useful and succinct info Walter. Although I don't want to |
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use a bootable USB on this occasion, I'll keep this message as a reference for |
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when I do. :-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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