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On Sun, 13 Oct 2002 11:01 am, Pieter Breed wrote: |
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> hi |
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> i am looking to do the switch from RH 7.3 to gentoo 1.4 rc. I am in the |
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> situation that I don't have a fast ethernet connection but I do have a |
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> modem, which will be what I have to use to install gentoo. |
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> Is it possible to predownload the required files so that I can do a install |
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> without having to be connected during the install ? Can I skip the |
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> networking setup in the install ? Is this wise ? I will have to use |
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> something like wvdial to connect to the internet. Doesn't this program set |
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> up routing and dns'ing and everything for you ? |
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> Thank you very much. I look forward to trying out gentoo. Can you as an |
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> aside give me any kind of release-date for 1.4 final ? |
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> regards |
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> pieter |
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What I ended up doing for my install (done over a modem) was setting up the |
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chroot environment under Mandrake (my old distro). This allowed me to install |
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all the packages I need under linux on the new system. I then rebooted, |
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configured X and setup kdm started KDE was on my way. This way you can still |
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use your computer while you are waiting for the downloads & compiling. |
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Just my 2c's. |
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Jonathan Hunt (The Real Jonathan Hunt) <jhuntnz@×××××××××××××××××.net> |
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Jabber at jhuntnz@××××××.sk |
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"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." |
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Jim Elliot |
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