how to install gentoo in laptop with usb hdd?

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iosev · Post by **iosev** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:54 am

i have a laptop toshiba satellite and not support Bios USB boot. I want boot gentoo on usb hdd, how to do this?

sorry my english is bad.

Cybersorcerer · Post by **Cybersorcerer** » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:40 am

Hi,

i am afraid unless you get a bios for your laptop that does support booting from USB Devices there is NO way
to achieve what you want.

Man Cubus · Post by **Man Cubus** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:21 pm

I have the same Q.
My laptop supports the USB boot.
But LiveCD 2006.0 does not show me USB HDD as a choice for partitioning.

What else can I do?

CaptainDangeax · Post by **CaptainDangeax** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 3:45 pm

Maybe you should load the correct modules for USB, with

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modprobe usbcore

? did you look at what

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dmesg | more

says ? does it show your drive as /dev/ubb ? If not, you MUST modprobe the correct modules.

Man Cubus · Post by **Man Cubus** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:13 pm

I can see the drive when booted from LiveCD, but not when I boot off it.
It is /dev/sdb.
Root is on /dev/sdb3 and it cannot mount. I have used genkernel during graphical install off the LiveCD.
I will try to compile USB support into kernel and will report here.