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Uwe Thiem wrote: |
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> On 16 July 2006 22:54, James Lockie wrote: |
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>> I'm trying to install without network connectivity. |
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>> I got to the point in the install guide where it says to emerge a kernel. |
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>> I can't emerge anything because I'm not on the network. |
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>> HELP |
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> Well, you could install from a stage 3 CD but you will never be able to |
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> upgrade anything without network. Gentoo is pretty much a "network |
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> distribution". You seem to be out of luck. |
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> On the other hand, how did you send your email without *any* network access? |
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> Uwe |
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There are networkless install handbooks availible. |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml See the last link in |
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step 2. I agree with the last poster, gentoo will be pretty difficult to |
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maintain without a network connection, on the otherhand it will be |
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pretty secure ;) Basically I would recommend downloading the proper |
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distfiles from the mirrors and then putting them in |
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/usr/portage/distfiles and you will be all set. |
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