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On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Stroller |
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<stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>wrote: |
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> If I'm understanding correctly, that it's the LiveCD that can't connect to |
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> the network (rather than the installed system) |
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Yes. |
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> Two alternatives that spring to mind are: |
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> 1. Many USB network adaptors are supported by LiveCDs, try one of those. |
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> Some wired USB ethernet are available new for as little as $10 or so, or |
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> you could probably find a secondhand wifi 802.11b or g adaptor that cheap. |
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> Or borrow one, or something. |
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Use an external network adapter, uh... I never thought of that. |
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AFAIK, many USB netwok adapters won't work correctly with Linux. |
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Previously, I bought a Mercury MW300U USB network adapter, unfortunately, |
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it doesn't work properly with Ubuntu 12.04. Then, that USB network adapter |
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was left in the corner of my room. :-( |
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So I didn't expect the USB netwok adapter to work with the LiveCD. |
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> 2. For each emerge command in the installation guide, run `emerge -fp |
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> package-name` first, and redirect the output into a textfile. Then copy |
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> this textfile onto a USB key, take it to another machine with working |
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> internet access, use `wget -i file` to download the packages and then |
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> transfer them back to the machine on which you're installing Gentoo. |
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IIRC, the LiveUSB is a read-only file system. So, I'm afraid that I could |
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not redirect the required package information to a text file. |
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