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On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 02:44:02 +0200 |
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Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 13/02/2014 02:40, Edward M wrote: |
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> > Howdy, |
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> > |
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> > Been busy learning Linux :-) got new email other was getting |
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> > crowded. I'm planing on installing Gentoo on a few systems and I |
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> > was wondering to save bandwidth, i could install portage to the |
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> > other Gentoo installs from my system instead downloading from |
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> > mirrors? |
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> > Thanks in advance! |
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> Yes. |
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> The stage are just tarballs, download them once, copy to the new |
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> location and unpack. |
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> Same with the portage snapshots. |
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> Same with the distfiles. |
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> they are just files, copy them to where they need to be and use them, |
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> or let emerge find them. |
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> Read the install docs first and learn more about how Linux works on |
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> the command line. Pretty soon you'll find the bits where the manual |
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> says "download such-and-such from this place" and you'll spot that if |
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> you already have the downloadable file you can just use it already. |
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Alan, |
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I want to apologized I did not thanked you for the great advice you |
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gave me. I noticed this this morning when I re-read my emails. |
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Best Regards. |
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Learing Linux with Gentoo to earn LPIC1. |
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