From: Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject: Re: It's Alive! Xeon W-1270P Has Booted!
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 15:40:21 -0600, Physfitfreak wrote:

> 
> But if 
> I take a step toward finding whether my Xeon computer works with linux 
> then I will have to take that opportunity to delve inside everything 
> about workings of linux. Otherwise it won't be worth the effort, I feel.
> 

Get a copy of the Gentoo LiveGUI USB:

https://www.gentoo.org/downloads/

Write the ISO file to a USB thumb drive:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Installation/Media#Writing_a_bootable_USB

Basically, the command is:

dd if=livegui.iso of=/dev/sdX bs=4096 status=progress && sync

You just need to know what drive (/dev/sdX) is the USB.

After booting the LiveGUI, your Xeon will work.





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