Bootstrap script tries to download portage

Greyerg · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 32

I'm trying to install my system without a network connection and I'm currently up to the part in the installation handbook in which I have to run the boostrap script in /usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh.
As soon as it executes it tries to get portage off all the gentoo mirrors and fails telling me it can't find any of the hosts. How can I make it use the portage snapshot from the universal liveCD?

Rainmaker · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:16 am Post subject:

you can't

The snapshot is one thing, but the program is another. You can't do a stage 1 or stage 2 install without network. Only stage 3 GRP install does that. (Correct me if I'm wrong)

Greyerg · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 32

Well doesn't that just suck. Then is there some way to configure my incomplete system to use the internet sharing provided by my iBook?

It seems like I would use net-setup to do that but I don't seem to have it anymore. What should I do?

slycordinator · Advocate Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 3065 Location: Korea

You could try installing a current portage snapshot.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=5
Scroll down to section 5d.

Without having the portage tree installed like that I think the whole bootstrap will fail without a connection.

Greyerg · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2004 Posts: 32

When I try to do that it tells me there is no such file as /mnt/cdrom/snapshots. I think the reason is that I've already chrooted out of the LiveCD. How would I go about chrooting back into the LiveCD?

Rainmaker · Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2004 2:35 am Post subject:

either type "exit"

or press alt-f2 to open a second terminal. Login there.

You might have some luck using emerge -f. This will download the sources, so you can compile them later on

slycordinator · Advocate Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 3065 Location: Korea

monkey89 · Guru Joined: 08 Mar 2004 Posts: 596

I have a similar issue myself, with a wireless network card only working under ndiswrapper, a "driver" not included with the LiveCD, so I think I can give you a few options:

1) Have a zip disk or some method to share files during the install? You could always download the necessary files and copy them to /usr/portage/distfiles.

2) Use Knoppix or some other system to have the internet connection needed to install gentoo - you don't need the LiveCD to install, only a system with chroot support.

Personally, I remastered Knoppix to include ndiswrapper support and I will be using that to install Gentoo once 2004.1 is out (as long as it is bug-free.

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