Hi, I'd never ever understood where's the secret with this. If the BIOS supports booting from USB disk, put the plug in and install as if you'd install onto a SCSI disc.
But I'd be curious about this: "gentoo using livecd that boots from usb" ... how do you put the CD into the stick? ;) Frank On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 00:05 +0200, Maxim Vexler wrote: > Found this : > > http://openfacts.berlios.de/index-en.phtml?title=Linux_bootable_USB_key_HOWTO > > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 05:54:54 +1300, Dion Sole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you already have something like Knoppix, you can install off that > > just fine. If youre planning to use the USB storage, you could possibly > > do a dd from the cd ISO straight to the harddrive. However, Im not sure > > if this would work or not. > > On Sat, 2005-02-26 at 17:30 +0200, Maxim Vexler wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > Is there a livecd that can be booted from a usb storage (128 mb) device ? > > > > > > we have an box with only windows on it & the plan is to install gentoo. > > > but... for this we need to boot it (as the handbook says) from a > > > livecd, the trouble is that there is no cd-writer to burn the cd. > > > so... the best alternative so far is using the usb as a livecd boot > > > device. > > > the question is how ? > > > > > > thank you. > > > > > > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > > > > -- Frank Schafer System specialist T-Systems Czech s.r.o. Kloboučnická 1435/24, 140 00 Praha 4 Tel.: +420 296529522 Fax: +420 296529129 Mobil: +420 605 202 419 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet: http://www.t-systems.cz -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
