On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 06:52:09PM -0400, waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote:
> I don't know if this is the proper list to post this request to. I've
> been using linux for a dozen years, and am capable of reading and
> following instructions. But, after a lot of dicking around, I still
> haven't been able to modify a CD boot image get Gentoo to boot from a
> USB stick. For my netbook (look ma, no CD) I ended up booting Knoppix
> from a USB-stick, and installing Gentoo from there.
>
> There are quite a few machines without CD drives being sold today, but
> none that I'm aware of that won't boot from a USB stick. I believe that
> USB-stick images, rather than CD images, should be the default
> distributed boot images on the mirrors. And think of all the CD's that
> won't end up in the landfill, after an install image is used once.
While I'd also like to see USB boot media, I'd like to observe that
SystemRescueCD, which is based on Gentoo, is perfectly good to use as
an install medium.
W
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Willie W. Wong ww...@math.princeton.edu
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et vice versa ~~~ I. Newton
