Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 06:48:15
Message-Id: 20140901064825.GB15640@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by wraeth
1 On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
2 >On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
3 >> I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
4 >
5 >Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB stick
6 >with 1MB capacity...?
7 >
8 >> dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
9 >> sync
10 >>
11 >> I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD.
12 >
13 >What path are you using for the USB drive? Are you specifying a partition
14 >(which you shouldn't)?
15 >
16 >As a working example:
17 >
18 >dd if=/home/wraeth/iso/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M
19 >sync
20 >
21 >--
22 >wraeth
23
24 In my case I was doing as root:
25 dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sda bs=4096
26 sync
27
28 and the usb was unmounted.
29
30 --
31 Joseph

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>