If all goes well,a standard syslinux prompt should appear on the screen. Insert the USB drive and turn on the computer, make sure the BIOS (or EFI firmware) has been set to boot from USB. Universal USB installer can be downloaded from its homepage. Select the proper USB drive to format and extract Linux to, and click Create.
For Gentoo Minimal Installation CDs, however, select the Try Unlisted Linux ISO which is at the very bottom of the list. It supports most Linux distributions, and has a simple, helpful wizard for selecting the Linux distribution. Universal USB installer is one of the oldest Linux-capable LiveUSB creators for Windows systems. For more information, see Rufus' FAQ page. Rufus is easy to use and should be mostly self explanatory. Rufus can be downloaded from the project's homepage. It tends to be faster than the Universal USB installer (see in the next section).
Rufus is a free and open source project created to write images to USB drives, with a variety of operating systems. Root # syslinux /dev/sdc1 Creating bootable LiveUSB drives under Windows Rufus Umount " $mountpoint " echo Installing syslinux on " $target " 1Įcho 'Done!' Manually preparing a LiveUSB drive Preparing the USB drive Partitioning the drive Sed -i -e "s:cdroot:cdroot slowusb:" -e "s:kernel memtest86:kernel memtest:" " $mountpoint "/syslinux.cfg Mv " $mountpoint "/memtest86 " $mountpoint "/memtest Mv " $mountpoint "/isolinux.cfg " $mountpoint "/syslinux.cfg Mv " $mountpoint "/isolinux/* " $mountpoint " Mount " $target " 1 " $mountpoint " echo Copying files.Ĭp -r " $cdmountpoint "/* " $mountpoint "/ Sleep 1 echo Creating file system on " $target " 1. Mount -o loop,ro " $image " " $cdmountpoint " echo Creating a disk-wide EFI FAT partition on " $target ".Įcho ',U,*' | sfdisk -wipe always " $target " echo Installing syslinux MBR on " $target ".ĭd if =/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin of = " $target " Mkdir -p " $cdmountpoint " trap 'echo Unmounting Gentoo CD image. Image = $ echo Checking for the necessary tools presence. When downloading, adjust the architecture ( x86, amd64, arm, sparc, etc.) portion of the URL to match the system's CPU. With that being said, almost any modern LiveCD should work for installing Gentoo. x86), so in time this alternative might no longer be suitable. As of version 6.0.0, SystemRescueCd is based on Arch Linux and dropped 32-bit support (i.e. Both 32-bit and 64-bit setups are supported by the same ISO. SystemRescueCd 5.3.2, which is Gentoo-based.The architecture appropriate Gentoo Minimal Installation CD.MacOS)Ĭhoosing an installation media for Gentoo A computer able to run the dd command (e.g.
A computer running Microsoft Windows with the appropriate software (see the Windows section below).A computer running Gentoo (or alternatively another Linux distribution).(Generally, the bigger the better.)Īccess to the following is needed for creating a LiveUSB: When using the Gentoo Minimal Installation CD, at least 1GB.
Bootable USB drive with enough space to write the image to.
In order to boot a LiveUSB, the following will be needed: