On 08/31/14 20:55, Will Tomlinson wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 12:06:49 -0600
Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote:
I've re-run the setup but it still doesn't work.
df -h
/dev/sda1 3.8G 190M 3.6G 5% /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
/dev/sda1 * 2048 7864319 3931136 b W95 FAT32
while usb not mounted:
dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda
0+1 records in
0+1 records out
440 bytes (440 B) copied, 0.00121707 s, 362 kB/s
While usb mounted:
cp -r /mnt/cdrom/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux/* /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa
mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux.cfg /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg
rm -rf /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/isolinux*
mv /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest86 /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/memtest
sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel
memtest:" /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa/syslinux.cfg
umount /run/media/joseph/4GB_ysa syslinux /dev/sda1
Does the "dd if=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda"
has to be run when USB is mounted or unmounted?
Joseph, I am assuming you are trying to create an install disk? If so,
you shouldn't have to do all these steps. I normally just download the
minimal install ISO and write it to a USB drive with the following
commands:
# dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
# sync
You don't have to mount the USB drive. Use sync to ensure that all the
data has actually been written to the device before you remove it.
I have run across problems with some ISO files that don't play nice
with this method, but this one seems to work well with the Gentoo
minimal CD. Also, keep in mind that you don't really need to have the
Gentoo install disc to install Gentoo. It's certainly EASIER to follow
the handbook when you have the minimal install disc, but just about any
Linux live CD will work as long as the architecture matches (chroot
from x86 to amd64, for example, will not work). Anyway, if this is not
what you are trying to do, maybe you can give us more details.
--
Will Tomlinson
I run it on 1MB USB stick, it did not work:
dd if=/path/to/minimal-install.iso of=/path/to/usb-drive bs=4096
sync
I think the "dd" will work with LiveDVD but not liveCD.
--
Joseph
