Thanks, gonna try it Francisco
2014-02-21 10:36 GMT-03:00 thegeezer <thegee...@thegeezer.net>: > On 02/21/2014 01:13 PM, Francisco Ares wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I need to create a bootable flash stick, preferably using already > > working Gentoo system (or at least most of it), which was tailored for > > an embedded system. > > > > Already googled around, but I would like to know if anyone has already > > succeeded on this. > > > > Thanks > > Francisco > > what I do is this: > > 1. make your usb stick an PV of your existing LVM volumegroup > 2. create a small boot LV > 3. install grub2 into the boot LV and onto the boot sector of the usb stick > 4. insert stick into live running system > 5. lvm convert running system LV into a mirror with one part of the > mirror on the stick. if it's already a mirror make it a 3way etc > 6. when done, split the mirror > 7. rename the usb into a different volumegroup, called backup for > example, and rename the LV to something sensible > 8. configure grub on the usb to boot gentoo from the volume group > backup, root partition > 9. eject the usb stick and plug into your other device > 10. boot from the usb stick > 11. repeat the mirror steps this time going onto the SD/hard drive of > the new device > > LVM ftw > >
