On 09/01/14 11:32, J. Roeleveld wrote:
On Sunday, August 31, 2014 08:06:46 PM Joseph wrote:
On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
>On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
>
>Joseph <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
>>
>> df -h
>> /dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
>>
>> /dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
Which command did you use to create the filesystem?
I used to format usb stick flash drive - bootable
create partition if it doesn't exist
# fdisk /dev/sda
n
p
1 enter, enter
t
b
w
q
format it for 1GB
# mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1
format it for 4GB
# mkfs -t vfat -F 32 /dev/sda1
>> while usb not mounted:
>>
>> dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
>> 0+1 records in
>> 0+1 records out
>> 440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.00121707 s, 362 kB/s
>>
>> While usb mounted:
Which command do you use to mount?
To mount USB I use from my desktop XFCE icon drop down menu after icon showed up "Mount Volume"
<SNIP>
>
>Joseph, I am assuming you are trying to create an install disk? If so,
>you shouldn't have to do all these steps. I normally just download the
>minimal install ISO and write it to a USB drive with the following
>commands:
>
># dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
># sync
>
>You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the
>data has actually been written to the device before you remove it.
>
>I have run across problems with some ISO files that don't play nice
>with this method, but this one seems to work well with the Gentoo
>minimal CD. Also, keep in mind that you don't really need to have the
>Gentoo install disc to install Gentoo. It's certainly EASIER to follow
>the handbook when you have the minimal install disc, but just about any
>Linux live CD will work as long as the architecture matches (chroot
>from x86 to amd64, for example, will not work). Anyway, if this is not
>what you are trying to do, maybe you can give us more details.
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
sync
I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD.
Why not use unetbootin?
--
Joost
I used LiveCD (SystemRescueCD)
http://blog.kasunbg.org/2012/02/installing-gentoo-from-livecd.html
mounted with "loop"
mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 /home/joseph/Downloads/systemrescuecd-x86-4.3.0.iso
/mnt/cdrom/
cd /tmp/cdrom
bash ./usb_inst.sh
and their scrip made the bootable USB just fine, it works.
But it bugs me that Gentoo instruction didn't work.
--
Joseph
