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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 07:19:37
Message-Id: 54041DB7.8010605@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Joseph
1 On 01/09/2014 08:48, Joseph wrote:
2 > On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
3 >> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
4 >>> I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
5 >>
6 >> Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB
7 >> stick
8 >> with 1MB capacity...?
9 >>
10 >>> dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
11 >>> sync
12 >>>
13 >>> I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD.
14 >>
15 >> What path are you using for the USB drive? Are you specifying a partition
16 >> (which you shouldn't)?
17 >>
18 >> As a working example:
19 >>
20 >> dd if=/home/wraeth/iso/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sdc
21 >> bs=4M
22 >> sync
23 >>
24 >> --
25 >> wraeth
26 >
27 > In my case I was doing as root:
28 > dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso
29 > of=/dev/sda bs=4096
30 > sync
31 >
32 > and the usb was unmounted.
33 >
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36 You didn't respond to the question if you really have a 1 MEGABYTE stick
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41 Alan McKinnon
42 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

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Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>