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On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 10:27:44PM +0100, Rev. Brendan Murphy wrote: |
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> Hi |
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> Just a few questions :- |
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> 1. Problem with my isp cuts me off at regular intervals, so is |
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> it posible to install gentoo by downloading the pkgs ect. install |
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> scripts and install from a partition. |
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In /etc/make.conf, set |
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FETCHCOMMAND="/usr/bin/wget -T15 -t0 \${x} -P \${DISTDIR}" |
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This will use wget to fetch all packages, retrying indefinitely until the |
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package is down. |
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It's nice for those ultra-cheap ISPs which are totally overbooked but |
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still cheaper to use than real ISPs if you have a lot of patience. |
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Also, another trick with these crappy ISPs is to download through the |
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ISP's proxy. They sometimes give their own machines higher priority than |
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their clients', and this might include the proxy. |
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Kind regards, |
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Karl T |
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PS. I've worked for _real_ ISP. |
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