Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:43:54
Message-Id: 20140901154405.GC15640@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB by Alan McKinnon
1 On 09/01/14 09:18, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 >On 01/09/2014 08:48, Joseph wrote:
3 >> On 09/01/14 12:16, wraeth wrote:
4 >>> On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 20:06:46 Joseph wrote:
5 >>>> I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
6 >>>
7 >>> Just to clarify: a 1MB USB stick? Surely you don't mean an actual USB
8 >>> stick
9 >>> with 1MB capacity...?
10 >>>
11 >>>> dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
12 >>>> sync
13 >>>>
14 >>>> I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD.
15 >>>
16 >>> What path are you using for the USB drive? Are you specifying a partition
17 >>> (which you shouldn't)?
18 >>>
19 >>> As a working example:
20 >>>
21 >>> dd if=/home/wraeth/iso/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso of=/dev/sdc
22 >>> bs=4M
23 >>> sync
24 >>>
25 >>> --
26 >>> wraeth
27 >>
28 >> In my case I was doing as root:
29 >> dd if=/home/joseph/Downloads/install-amd64-minimal-20140529.iso
30 >> of=/dev/sda bs=4096
31 >> sync
32 >>
33 >> and the usb was unmounted.
34 >>
35 >
36 >
37 >You didn't respond to the question if you really have a 1 MEGABYTE stick
38 >
39 >
40 >
41 >--
42 >Alan McKinnon
43 >alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
44
45 Sorry I've made a typo, I have two sticks one 1GB and one 4GB (not MB)
46 I've tried the "dd" with both and it doesn't work with CD ISO it might work with DVD ISO as the layout is different.
47
48 --
49 Joseph