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From: Keith Dart <keith@×××××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: waltdnes@××××××××.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can we please get a USB-stick install boot image?
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:57:55
Message-Id: 20100702125651.77aa9490@dartworks.biz
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Can we please get a USB-stick install boot image? by waltdnes@waltdnes.org
1 === On Wed, 06/30, waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote: ===
2 > able to modify a CD boot image get Gentoo to boot from a
3 > USB stick.
4 ===
5
6 I have done that. Here's basically what I did.
7
8 #!/bin/sh
9
10 ISO=/home/ftp/pub/install/install-amd64-minimal-20081213.iso
11
12 mkdosfs -F 32 /dev/sdc1
13 dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sdc || exit
14 mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 $ISO /mnt/iso || exit
15 mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/media1 || exit
16 cp -r /mnt/iso/* /mnt/media1 || exit
17 sync
18 mv /mnt/media1/isolinux/* /mnt/media1
19 mv /mnt/media1/isolinux.cfg /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg
20 rm -rf /mnt/media1/isolinux*
21 mv /mnt/media1/memtest86 /mnt/media1/memtest
22
23 umount /mnt/iso
24 #vim /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg
25 sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" \
26 -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel memtest:" /mnt/media1/syslinux.cfg
27
28 umount /mnt/media1
29 syslinux /dev/sdc1
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