Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-08 Thread Walter Dnes
On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 01:32:19PM +, Peter Humphrey wrote Not sure whether this has been mentioned already in this thread, but at one stage of kernel development* when I was installing on a new laptop, I had to switch AHCI off in the BIOS for the installation kernel to be able to see the

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-05 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:06:58AM -0200, Cr??stian Viana wrote no. you can download the file install-arch-minimal-date.iso from one of Gentoo mirrors. it's a little more than 100 MiB. use unetbootin to copy the ISO to your USB key and boot your computer with it. and follow the handbook as

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-05 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 07:10:48AM -0500, Philip Webb wrote I'm in the midst of doing it on an ASUS 1005HA without an I/net connection; I've got as far as booting with a defective kernel from Lilo should have it working tomorrow (the SCSI configuration is wrong). 'unetbootin' is the best way

[gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread waltdnes
What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure? The stuff I've found on Google and the Gentoo wiki references obsolete versions of Gentoo, and I don't know if it would work. I've got an Acer Aspire One, with no CD/DVD. -- Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread KH
waltd...@waltdnes.org schrieb: What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure? The stuff I've found on Google and the Gentoo wiki references obsolete versions of Gentoo, and I don't know if it would work. I've got an Acer Aspire One, with no CD/DVD. Hi, This might be what you have been

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:49:12 -0500, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure? Put System Rescue CD on a USB stick, boot from it, follow the handbook. -- Neil Bothwick RISC: Reduced Into Silly Code signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread Philip Webb
091104 waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure ? The stuff I've found on Google and the Gentoo wiki references obsolete versions of Gentoo and I don't know if it would work. I've got an Acer Aspire One with no CD/DVD. I'm in the midst of doing it on an

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread Walter Dnes
On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 11:57:15AM +0100, KH wrote This might be what you have been looking for. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/liveusb.xml That was one of the items I saw. A couple of questions... 1) Will the old 2007.0 ISO still work? 2) Is it *REALLY* necessary to download a 700 meg

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread Crístian Viana
1) Will the old 2007.0 ISO still work? I'm not sure, but probably yes. but it's better if you download the latest ISO ;) 2) Is it *REALLY* necessary to download a 700 meg (*COMPRESSED*) full- blown system with pointy-clicky-touchie-feelie-oowee-GUI to do a commandline install that could

Re: [gentoo-user] What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure?

2009-11-04 Thread Albert Hopkins
On Wed, 2009-11-04 at 05:49 -0500, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: What's the latest install-from-USB-key procedure? The stuff I've found on Google and the Gentoo wiki references obsolete versions of Gentoo, and I don't know if it would work. I've got an Acer Aspire One, with no CD/DVD. I've