Re: [gentoo-user] Make Gentoo Live USB Stick

[David Abbott]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This question more than likely has been posted before, either to
> this or some other list.  If so, then please let me know and I'll
> start searching.
>
> I want to make a Gentoo Live bootable USB stick using the available
> Gentoo Live DVD iso.  Can this be done by simply copying the iso file
> to the USB drive with a utility like dd?  Or are there some special files
> that need to be copied to the boot sector?
>
> Unetbootin (unetbootin.sf.net) is a GUI program that claims to do this,
> but there must be a simpler CLI alternative.
>
> Frank Peters
>
>
Hi Frank,
dd works fine;

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/pr/releases/12.1/faq.xml#usb

HTH,
David