On Saturday, 30 December 2023 21:41:40 GMT Dale wrote: > hitachi303 wrote: > > long time since I needed something to boot the pc. I see there is a > > LiveGUI USB Image to download but the handbook does not mention it. > > How to get a bootable USB stick? > > You can get it here: > > https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/ > > I suspect most just use dd to put the iso on the stick.
I've alwas done that too, until I bought this new NUC i5, which wouldn't boot from any of my USB sticks. I had to use an app to make the transfer to USB. I forget what it was now. Nel B. can explain about ISO images and booting. --->8 > If you plan to use dd, this is the command I have in my notes. > > dd if=/path/to/iso-image of=/dev/sd? bs=4M status=progress > > Replace the obvious bits. I've tried a few values of block size over the years, but so far I haven't noticed any difference. I haven't run any proper tests though. -- Regards, Peter.
