On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:40 PM, wrote:
>> I believe I correctly dd'ed a minimal cd onto a usb flash (aka thumb)
>> drive.
>>
>> I set the boot order on my new system (dell 7450) to have the usb
>> storage device first. Sure enough I get the isolinux
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:39:56 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> Does your system have USB 3 ports? USB 3 is currently broken on the
> installcd images.
>
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554202
The system on which it failed for me has one USB 3 port, but it also
failed in the USB 2 port.
--
On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 12:40 PM, wrote:
> I believe I correctly dd'ed a minimal cd onto a usb flash (aka thumb)
> drive.
>
> I set the boot order on my new system (dell 7450) to have the usb
> storage device first. Sure enough I get the isolinux prompt and the
> kernel is loaded.
>
> However af
2015-07-16 15:33 GMT-06:00 :
> I was commenting on the use of the minimal CD rather than a fancy one
> that had X etc. I have indeed had tremendous trouble this time and it
> is getting worse.
>
Is not about fanciness, Is abut having the tools you need for the job,
I understand you would choose
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:44:49 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Or you could wait for the resident expert (Neil) to supply the magic
> incantation that lets dd do what you want :-)
I tried it on my laptop and it refused to work. Dropping to a shell, I
found there was no /dev/sdb, no wonder the init sc
On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Jc García wrote:
> 2015-07-16 14:44 GMT-06:00 :
>
>> I have not had trouble with the minimal cd. I do the actual work on
>> another (gentoo) machine.
>>
>
> * Tries to boot an Image, 4+ hours later and after asking help to the
> mailing list, still no success in booting, has
On 16/07/2015 23:08, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:53:01 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>
>> I need to double check memory of ancient hardware: A CD-R, that's that
>> thin round shiny thing about 5" across? What used to be used for music
>> before Napster came along? Just checking I h
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 22:53:01 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> I need to double check memory of ancient hardware: A CD-R, that's that
> thin round shiny thing about 5" across? What used to be used for music
> before Napster came along? Just checking I have it right
That's right, it's like a Blu-R
On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:44:49 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> Or you could wait for the resident expert (Neil) to supply the magic
> incantation that lets dd do what you want :-)
It's simple, use System Rescue Cd ;-)
--
Neil Bothwick
"B?#$^f," said Pooh, as line noise garbled his transmission.
2015-07-16 14:44 GMT-06:00 :
> I have not had trouble with the minimal cd. I do the actual work on
> another (gentoo) machine.
>
* Tries to boot an Image, 4+ hours later and after asking help to the
mailing list, still no success in booting, has had no trouble with the
gentoo minimal cd *
Don'
dd worked for me last month :)
josh
On Jul 16, 2015 3:53 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
On 16/07/2015 22:17, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>
>>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>>>
>>> The Gentoo minimal CD does not work if you simply dd it t
On 16/07/2015 22:17, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>
>>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon 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
On 16/07/2015 22:01, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>
>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon 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.
>
> I hi
On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Jc García wrote:
> 2015-07-16 14:17 GMT-06:00 :
>> On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>>
On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
The Gentoo minimal CD does not work if you simply dd it to a thumb drive
(I rediscovered this anew on Mond
2015-07-16 14:17 GMT-06:00 :
> On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>
>>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon 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
>>> unetboot
On 07/16/2015 01:17 PM, gottl...@nyu.edu 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.
Is the partition table valid after you used dd to copy it over
On Thu, Jul 16 2015, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote:
>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon 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.
>
> I high
> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:44 PM, Alan McKinnon 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.
I highly recommend using the ArchLinux ISO, which can be bu
On 16/07/2015 18:40, gottl...@nyu.edu wrote:
> I believe I correctly dd'ed a minimal cd onto a usb flash (aka thumb)
> drive.
>
> I set the boot order on my new system (dell 7450) to have the usb
> storage device first. Sure enough I get the isolinux prompt and the
> kernel is loaded.
>
> Howeve
I believe I correctly dd'ed a minimal cd onto a usb flash (aka thumb)
drive.
I set the boot order on my new system (dell 7450) to have the usb
storage device first. Sure enough I get the isolinux prompt and the
kernel is loaded.
However after asking for the keymap (I just hit enter)
it types "lo
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