On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 2:21 PM, thegeezer <thegee...@thegeezer.net> wrote: > On 19/11/14 22:15, James wrote: > > Hello, > > Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: > > https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml > > from the forum link from the news article > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-995118.html > "One of the great things about this new livedvd besides that it contains > over 1200 packages is that it now supports full / persistency meaning that > you can boot this livedvd, make tweaks as you like and reboot while > retaining those changes. It's more like a Gentoo to Go if you ask me. " > and > "Another great feature which will be ported to all minimal install cds is > support for UEFI. This image even boots on MAC OSX hardware! Yes you heard > it right! " > > nice pie, well done to the gentoo devs > > > So my understanding is you can put this on a usb stick. Run > gentoo live, download packages, set flags, install packages > and save them to the USB stick? So it's a portable gentoo > workstation on a usb stick? > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveUSB/HOWTO > > > Are these the best instructions to follow to createa usb bootable > live gentoo image? It has to be able to install new packages and > save those to the usb stick. >
Likewhoa just put this together for the LiveDVD media, he is the one who builds them; https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/LiveDVD-Persistence-Mode -- David Abbott (dabbott)
