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Instead of emerge rsync |
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you can download the latest snapshot of portage from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo/snapshots/ . |
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For today it is portage-20030208.tar.bz2 (the size is 7MB) |
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Than copy this to the gentoo machine and untar in /usr directory. |
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Best Regards, Yavor Goulishev |
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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: Henti Smith [mailto:bain@×××××××.za] |
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> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:23 PM |
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> To: Yavor Goulishev |
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> Cc: gentoo-dev@g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem |
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> On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:00:01 +0200 |
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> "Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@××××××.bg> wrote: |
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> > Hi Henti, |
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> > You should brake this circle causing the chicken egg problem ;-)). |
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> > The solution is to have a machine with internet connection. |
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> > Never mind what OS. Use this machine to download the modem |
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> module source. |
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> > Then copy the source on the gentoo machine in the $DISTDIR |
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> directory. |
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> > Now you will be able to emerge and configure the modem module. |
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> Thats what I'm trying. |
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> I have machines here at office with net connection. |
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> the only way I can get the ebuild to work is to havea functional |
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> portage directory. |
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> I can tar up the current one on machine and copy to new |
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> install machine and do it that way. |
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> just copying the source and running emerge as you suggested |
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> won't help, since you need a net connection |
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> to emerge rsync to create a portage tree. |
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> I also don't have a CD writer to cut a CD with to transport |
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> from machine on net to machine at home. |
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> the only way is to download on net machine and remove hdd and |
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> take to home machine which I cannot do either because it's |
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> a functional server. I don't have machines I can switch off. |
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> I have asked in a mail to user list regarding the same |
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> problem if there is a way to compile the module for the driver |
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> on a machine for the liveCD as this would be smaller and more |
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> portable "32 MB usb drive" or something I can arrange. |
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> but would be so much easer to have a repostry of liveCD |
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> modules that are not on the CD. (tho personally I think the liveCD |
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> should have all possible modules included. |
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> I'll find a way to do this .. but it is a mission and a pain. |
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> Henti |
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