[Klug-general] install ISO

[George Prowse]

The Gentoo-Wiki has a load of info about how to do it:

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_LiveCD_and_LiveUSB

George

On 29/11/05, MacGyveR <macgyver at thedumbterminal.co.uk> wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 Nov 2005 14:43, Ginnie Brand wrote:
> > This is really to Jo(linuxgirly) but if any one can help it would be nice
> > :)
> >
> > How can I make my distro boot from a cd, at the mo, the only way to
> > install it is to plug my hard drive into the new server and untar the
> > image, what I would like to do it to be able to have the image on a
> > bootable cd and install it that way, my kernel is 2.6.11.12 and I use Udev
> > for devices, any help with this or a good howto for 2.6 would be great,
> > thanks all
> >
> > Stuart
> >
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> The best way to do this is to use a usbpen, as you will drive yourself mad
> re-burning cd-rw's as follows:
>
> 1) prepare filesystem
> 2) create iso
> 3) burn cd
> 4) test cd in another machine
> 5) something breaks
> 6) goto 1
>
> With a usbpen you can remove steps 2 & 3 at least, then once you have all the
> bootup scripts, kernel and ramdisk working you can create the iso.
>
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