[gentoo-dev] new iso question...

[Michael Cummings]

Ok, maybe this is out there and I've just missed it. If so, burn me at
the stake, flame me, yada yada yada.

I know there are iso's for the basic (stage1), and an iso for the
stage2&3 that is specific to the optimized (but particular hardware)
user, but are there gentoo isos that contain tarballs of the "common"
get up and go packages from stage 2 and 3?

Here's my line of thought...user wants to install gentoo, but has
intermittent or lackluster access from the system in question. the iso
with stages 2 and 3 isn't good for his hardware, which only leaves him
the stage1  - which requires internet access. Would it be possible to
have a monthly iso that contains the stage 2 and 3 source packages? Or
am I completely off my rocker, and that's what's on the other iso and
I've just been  loopy thinking that they were precompiled packages? This
third iso wouldn't have to be billed as up to date, just usable. I know
that personally, this would have come in handy when building a box that
had a linksys wireless card - couldn't get online until the linksys was
working, but couldn't get the linksys working until i was online (the
wireless utils built into the cd, at least at 1.1a, weren't right for
the hardware in question).

Thanks,

Mike