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

[Walter Dnes]

On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:06:58AM -0200, Cr??stian Viana wrote

> 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.

  Thanks.  Unfortunately, neither netbootin's default Gentoo 2008.0 nor
the latest weekly minimal install boot image could see the hard drive.
"fdisk -l" only shows the USB key (/dev/sda).  No /dev/sdb or /hd?.  The
latest weekly works with the Realtek ethernet chip, unlike the 2008.0
version.

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

> > 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?

  Unfortunately, the answer is "YES".  Knoppix Live sees the hard drive
just fine.  I'll boot it, and do the install.  Hopefully, I can get the
hard drive working.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>