Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 04:19 -0700, jalves wrote: On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:48:38PM -0600, Joseph wrote: How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. Not hard! I forget exactly what I did, but it was pretty easy to do. (I don't remember all the steps, but I can tell you after I get home if you still need to know). -Jeremy You can install gentoo from anything that can boot the livecd (I think). I've written some instructions on how to get the livecd onto a usb key - it's surprisingly simple. I used it to install this laptop :) see http://nthrbldyblg.blogspot.com/2008/06/gentoo-linux-live-usb-key.html I would appreciate any suggestions and improvements to the steps, if you end up trying it. HTH, -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au The truth will set you free. Unless Chuck Norris has you, in which case, forget it buddy!
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
Not hard! I forget exactly what I did, but it was pretty easy to do. (I don't remember all the steps, but I can tell you after I get home if you still need to know). -Jeremy On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:48:38PM -0600, Joseph wrote: How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
At Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:19:45 -0700 jalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not hard! I forget exactly what I did, but it was pretty easy to do. (I don't remember all the steps, but I can tell you after I get home if you still need to know). On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 07:48:38PM -0600, Joseph wrote: How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. I not done it but you might try http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml. allan -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Saturday 12 July 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote: You don't need a Gentoo system to install Gentoo, all you need is something that can deal with the filesystem you want to use, tar and zip/bzip. Theoretically, even Windows could do it. Don't you need chroot too? I suppose you could install cygwin on Windows, but anyone who goes that route has far too much time to kill. Side point: it never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people think installation is some magical procedure with voodoo in it, or that a program (which is not installed yet!) somehow manages to install itself. When I give classes I usually let people do at least one install by themselves, then take them through the real underlying steps one by one: the installer is a regular program, it reads some data and writes it to disk. Assuming it isn't buggy, what it writes just happens to be the right thing that will boot an OS at next restart. When they get that and enlightenment dawns on their faces, then I show them wubi... :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Side point: it never ceases to amaze me the extent to which people think installation is some magical procedure with voodoo in it, or that a program (which is not installed yet!) somehow manages to install itself. When I give classes I usually let people do at least one install by themselves, then take them through the real underlying steps one by one: the installer is a regular program, it reads some data and writes it to disk. Assuming it isn't buggy, what it writes just happens to be the right thing that will boot an OS at next restart. When they get that and enlightenment dawns on their faces, then I show them wubi... :-) ~~My God. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Saturday 12 July 2008, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 20:33 -0600, Joseph wrote: How did you transfer bootable CD into a stick? The short answer is who says it has to be a bootable CD image?. There are plenty of USB-based linux images out there... just use one of those. I've done it this way too. All you really need is a system running that can chroot and unpack the stage 3 and portage tarballs. Like Albert I happened to use RIPLinux - very small, supports just about everything. You don't need a Gentoo system to install Gentoo, all you need is something that can deal with the filesystem you want to use, tar and zip/bzip. Theoretically, even Windows could do it. -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:43:11 +0200 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need a Gentoo system to install Gentoo, all you need is something that can deal with the filesystem you want to use, tar and zip/bzip. Theoretically, even Windows could do it. Argh... Now I feel this urge to achieve that! -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
Am Samstag, 12. Juli 2008 schrieb Robert Bridge: On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:43:11 +0200 Alan McKinnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You don't need a Gentoo system to install Gentoo, all you need is something that can deal with the filesystem you want to use, tar and zip/bzip. Theoretically, even Windows could do it. Argh... Now I feel this urge to achieve that! I'm sure you can resist ;-) Bye... Dirk signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:43:11 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: You don't need a Gentoo system to install Gentoo, all you need is something that can deal with the filesystem you want to use, tar and zip/bzip. Theoretically, even Windows could do it. Don't you need chroot too? I suppose you could install cygwin on Windows, but anyone who goes that route has far too much time to kill. I installed my Eee from an SD card containing EeexUbunbtu. As you say, anything that gives you a working Linux system will serve as an install platform. -- Neil Bothwick Am I ignorant or apathetic? I don't know and don't care! signature.asc Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 19:48 -0600, Joseph wrote: How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. I personally have installed Gentoo from USB stick (RIPLinux) many times without any issues. There's really no difference. With the way the Gentoo works, all you really need for an install is bootable Linux that can talk to your devices... That's one of the great things about Gentoo. -a -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On 07/11/08 20:55, Albert Hopkins wrote: On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 19:48 -0600, Joseph wrote: How hard is to install Gentoo from a USB stick? Is it officially supported this type of installation? I can find instruction here and there; and some notes that is not an easy task. The reason I'm asking is that I'm putting a new PC together and want to get rid of CD all together. I personally have installed Gentoo from USB stick (RIPLinux) many times without any issues. There's really no difference. With the way the Gentoo works, all you really need for an install is bootable Linux that can talk to your devices... That's one of the great things about Gentoo. -a How did you transfer bootable CD into a stick? -- #Joseph GPG KeyID: ED0E1FB7 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Installing Gentoo from USB stick
On Fri, 2008-07-11 at 20:33 -0600, Joseph wrote: How did you transfer bootable CD into a stick? The short answer is who says it has to be a bootable CD image?. There are plenty of USB-based linux images out there... just use one of those. Slightly longer answer: If it's a syslinux-like CD, dd the mbr.bin to the stick, and copy the rest of the contents to the 1st partition. That should do it.* * Haven't tested, but that should be the +/- the way of doing it. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
