I had the minimal ISO on a usb stick so it can be done. Sent from my iPhone
> On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Joseph <[email protected]> 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 >
