Re: [gentoo-user] making bootable USB

[Christopher Jones]

I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done. 

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> On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote:
>
>> On 09/01/14 19:42, wraeth wrote:
>>> On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 09:51:10 Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>> The ISO image has to be created as a "hybrid" image for this to work.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure the Gentoo minimal image is - I've been dd'ing the iso's for
>> quite a while now, and it's always been a simple case of download, verify, dd.
>
> If you burn the minimal install CD ISO image to CD it will work, but I think it will not work if one tries to put it on a USB stick. The structure is different for USB.
>
>>
>> Besides, running `fdisk -l /path/to/image.iso` does return a partition list
>> (of one NTFS/Hidden partition) for me, using a standard unmodified minimal
>> iso.
>
> fdisk -l install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso
>
> Disk install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso: 190 MiB, 199229440 bytes, 389120 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x1047d058
>
> Device                              Boot Start       End Blocks  Id System
> install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso1 *        0    389119 194560  17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
>
>>
>> It's certainly worth noting, but in this case, OP is using a minimal image
>> (install-amd64-minimal-20140828.iso).
>>
>> --
>> wraeth
>
> --
> Joseph
>