[gentoo-user] Re: Install from USB stick; here's how

[Grant Edwards]

On 2013-09-03, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 05:05:22PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote
>
>> After running the isohybrid command, I compared the resulting image
>> with the original.  They were identical.  I copied the image to a USB
>> flash drive, and it booted just fine.
>>
>> It seems that the minimal install .iso images are already built for
>> hybrid booting from either CD or a generic block device (e.g. USB
>> mass-storage device).
>>
>> So what's the deal with http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveUSB/HOWTO?
>>
>> Why isn't it just the steps below?
>>
>>   1) Copy the minimal install .iso to USB mass storage device.
>>
>>   2) Boot from USB mass storage device.
>
> More importantly, http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-*
> files should have this listed.  There are a lot of machines now,
> especially notebooks, that don't have a CD and/or DVD drive.  I do
> remember asking devs for the default isohybrid feature.  I just
> downloaded a amd-64-bit install iso, to update my rescue stick.  The
> 64-bit install also worked.  Do you want me to file a bug on bugzilla in
> the documentation section?

Sure, that would be great.  I didn't do that because wasn't sure if
the .iso images worked for everybody as-is, or if the old "tap-dance"
was still required for the general case (for people with older BIOSes
or something).

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