Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-25 Thread Fernando Rodriguez
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 10:15:38 PM James wrote: Hello, Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml So my understanding is you can put this on a usb stick. Run gentoo live, download packages, set flags, install packages and save

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 03:17:07 -0500, Fernando Rodriguez wrote: You can also make a multiboot USB (for most live CDs) like that, Just use syslinux as your bootloader, to install a new live CD (in a nutshell): 1. Create a FAT partition big enough to store the Live CD. If the CD has a volume

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-21 Thread wireless
On 11/20/14 14:40, David Abbott wrote: 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 So my understanding is you can put this on a

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 21 Nov 2014 11:59:13 -0500, wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: If so, we now have a great/easy recruiting tool for (new) folks to test out gentoo. Another questions is has anyone seen reliable/valid benchmarks on usb sticks to see which is faster? Is usb3 the fastest and they are all

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-20 Thread wireless
On 11/19/14 19:20, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:15:38 + (UTC), James wrote: 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. I remember some time back (Neil)

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-20 Thread wireless
On 11/19/14 19:30, David Abbott wrote: On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml So my understanding is you can put this on a usb stick. Run gentoo live, download

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-20 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:06:12 -0500, wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Do you mean isohybrid? That converts an ISO image to make it suitable for copying to a USB drive with dd and booting it as if it were a CD. it's not suitable for your needs as it uses the whole drive as an ISO9660

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-20 Thread thegeezer
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-20 Thread David Abbott
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

[gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-19 Thread James
Hello, Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-19 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:15:38 + (UTC), James wrote: 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. I remember some time back (Neil) mentioned a package I was not aware of

Re: [gentoo-user] Iron penguin on usb?

2014-11-19 Thread David Abbott
On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:15 PM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, Ok the latest release of livedvd is here: https://www.gentoo.org/news/20140826-livedvd.xml So my understanding is you can put this on a usb stick. Run gentoo live, download packages, set flags, install packages