Live. USB/Guide - Gentoo Wiki. This article explains how to create a Gentoo Live. USB or, in other words, how to emulate a x. Gentoo Live. CD using a USB drive. This is particularly useful for installing Gentoo on a modern laptop with no CD- ROM drive.

See the Linux section below for instructions on the manual creation of a Live. USB in Gentoo. Prerequisites. In order to use a Gentoo Live. USB the following will be needed. Bootable USB drive with at least 1. GB (the bigger the better); i. The dd command can be used to accomplish this.

For instance, assuming the USB device is at /dev/sdc. On Windows, the dd command is also available through various projects, such as GNUWin. Chrysocome. Make sure to backup any pre- existing data first.

Important. This article assumes that the /dev/sdc device node corresponds to the USB drive. If other SCSI- like devices exist be sure to use the correct device node. Major data loss could occur if the wrong device node is selected! Create a FAT1. 6 partition on the USB drive and mark it bootable using fdisk. An example partitioning scheme can be seen below. Note. If the USB drive is 4.

GB or larger, use partition type b (W9. FAT3. 2). root #fdisk - l /dev/sdc. Disk /dev/sdc: 2. MB, 2. 06. 35. 97.

Units = cylinders of 1. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System. FAT1. 6. Creating the filesystem. Create a FAT1. 6 filesystem on the USB drive using mkdosfs. Note. If the drive is 4.

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GB or larger, use - F 3. FAT3. 2 filesystem. F 1. 6 /dev/sdc. 1. Installing a Master Boot Record (MBR)Install the precompiled Master Boot Record (MBR) from syslinux on the USB drive. B) copied, 0. 0. 05. B/s. Copying the files. Mounting the Gentoo Minimal Installation CDDownload a Gentoo Minimal Installation CD for the system's architecture from a the main site's download page and mount the ISO image on /mnt/cdrom as shown below.

Automount USB sticks on Gentoo. I am superuser on this system and can install or modify system. Build a “live USB stick” image without actually using a.

Adjust the /path/to/isofile. Minimal Installation CD ISO. Verify the Loopback device support option in the kernel configuration has been enabled.

Can't install using usb medium .

For more information on kernel configuration see the kernel configuration article. Mounting the Live.

USBMount the newly formatted USB drive on /mnt/usb as shown below. Copying the files. Copy the files from the Minimal Installation CD to the Live. USB. The files need to be reordered since syslinux will be used as the bootloader instead of isolinux.

Unmount the ISO image. Adjusting the bootloader configuration. Adjust the syslinux configuration file using sed as shown below.

The slowusb parameter will introduce some extra delays before attempting to mount the filesystem. This is needed to allow the USB drive to settle upon detection. It tends to be faster than the Universal USB installer (see in the next section). Seriously, go check it out! If questions do come up, check out Rufus' FAQ page. It supports most Linux distributions, and has a simple, helpful wizard for selecting the Linux distribution.

For Gentoo Minimal Installation CDs, however, select the Try Unlisted Linux ISO which is at the very bottom of the list. Select the proper USB drive to format and extract Linux to, and click Create. If all goes well a standard syslinux prompt should appear on the screen. This article is based on a document formerly found on our main website gentoo. The following people contributed to the original document: brix, neysx.

They are listed here as the Wiki history does not allow for any external attribution. If you edit the Wiki article, please do not add yourself here; your contributions are recorded on the history page.

What do I do with these files? Gentoo Handbook. If you are unsure what you need to download, please refer to the Gentoo Handbook. It explains how you can find the right architecture for your machine and which files you need at what stage of the installation process.