On Tue, 12 Jun 2018 14:30:19 -0700 Matt Graham wrote: > On 2018-06-12 14:06, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Generally speaking I do not use a CD/DVD to install an OS. I haven't > > for quite some time. I use a combination of Rufus and etcher to > > write installation media to [a] USB drive. > > Wait, what? Why would you need any utilities at all to do that? > Also, there are no ebuilds for "rufus" or "etcher" in a > recently-synced portage tree. > > All you need to do is "dd if=distroname-1.2.3.iso of=/dev/sdN > bs=32k", making sure that sdN refers to the USB disk you wish to > overwrite with the distro installation image. BIOSes are smart > enough to invoke El Torito when they boot from a USB disk and see an > ISO or UDF image on it. At least IME. (If YMMV, tell us details.) > My experience, several years ago (probably 2011) was that some distros' install DVD image dd'ed to a thumbdrive worked perfectly, while other distros' DVD image dd'ed to a thumbdrive wouldn't boot. SteveT Steve Litt June 2018 featured book: Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting http://www.troubleshooters.com/28 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss