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

[Grant Edwards]

On 2013-09-04, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 05:05:22PM +0000, Grant Edwards wrote
>
>> 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.
>
>   I got the USB-stick install instructions from the Arch linux wiki at
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/USB_Installation_Media   I was going
> to link to it in my bug/feature request.  Then I noticed the following...
>
>> Warning: This method does not work with UEFI boot.
>
>   Given how UEFI is spreading, I backed out of the bug report.

Do the instructions at http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveUSB/HOWTO work
with UEFI machines where the simple 'dd' method doesn't?

One datapoint: my motherboard has UEFI bios, and simply dd'ing the
minimal install .iso to a flash drive worked fine.  When I boot up
with the USB drive, the BIOS boot menu shows two entries for the USB
drive, the first one always worked, so I never tried the second one...

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