On 2015-07-16, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > The Gentoo minimal CD does not work if you simply dd it to a thumb drive > (I rediscovered this anew on Monday). It works just fine if you use > unetbootin to do the magic though.
Has that changed recently? I tought the minimal ISO was already "hybrid" and would boot directly from a USB drive. I would have sworn I did nothing other than "dd" it to a USB drive the last time I did an install. This wiki page seems to agree: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Sakaki%27s_EFI_Install_Guide/Creating_and_Booting_the_Minimal-Install_Image_on_USB#Copying_the_ISO_Image_to_USB > Or you could wait for the resident expert (Neil) to supply the magic > incantation that lets dd do what you want :-) -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I want my nose in at lights! gmail.com
