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On 11/19/14 19:20, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:15:38 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: |
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>> Are these the best instructions to follow to createa usb bootable |
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>> live gentoo image? It has to be able to install new packages and |
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>> save those to the usb stick. |
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>> I remember some time back (Neil) mentioned a package I was |
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>> not aware of (and naturally cannot remmber the name of) that |
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>> made creating USB bootable, usable, images on a usb stick |
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>> straightforward? |
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> Do you mean isohybrid? That converts an ISO image to make it suitable for |
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> copying to a USB drive with dd and booting it as if it were a CD. it's |
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> not suitable for your needs as it uses the whole drive as an ISO9660 |
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> filesystem, leaving nowhere to save your files. |
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Yep, that's it. Theoretical question: If one build this image, why |
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can't you include a file that is the size of the remaining free space |
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before creating the image? It afterwards use that file space to |
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install additional wares? |
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James |
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