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Bug 106736 - sys-kernel/genkernel generic/linuxrc script should have support for booting off of USB Mass Storage devices
Summary: sys-kernel/genkernel generic/linuxrc script should have support for booting o...
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Hosted Projects
Classification: Unclassified
Component: genkernel (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Genkernel Maintainers
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Reported: 2005-09-20 17:32 UTC by postmodern
Modified: 2005-09-21 04:02 UTC (History)
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Description postmodern 2005-09-20 17:32:26 UTC 
The linuxrc script should have support for booting from USB storage devices, as
described by http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Gentoo_LiveCD_and_LiveUSB#linuxrc. As
USB storage devices continue to gain data capacity and fall in price more users
will begin going the route of putting a livecd like system on USB sticks. A
kernel line option could be used to signal the linuxrc script that the livecd
image resides on USB connected media.

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-21 04:02:54 UTC 
It already works from a USB stick just fine as it is... Remember that
Gentoo-wiki is *not* an official site and can (and does) contain invalid
information.  After all, that page is still claiming the use of livecd-ng, which
we haven't been using for 2 years now.  All you need to boot from a USB stick is
to use "doscsi" at boot.