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masand
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 Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:30 am Post subject: installing gentoo without internet connection |
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hi there
i facing a little poblem here
all the tutorials that i saw,talk about using "emerge"
which requres the internet connection
i can get the packages downlaoded from other machines
i have the full package CD as well
please guide me to some tutorial for offline instatllion where i do not require internet connection
i have this internet connection on my gentoo machine but it a dialup connection so it takes a lot of time downloading packages
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You might want to look at the The Gentoo Linux alternative installation method HOWTO
Item 4 on that page talks about Installing from Stage 1 without network access
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masand
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 8:30 am Post subject: |
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that describe installing from stage 1
i am using stage3
also the problem is that in the manual it asks for doing
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emerge syslog-ng
then it tries to connect to the internet and download that file
how to we get to use the packages from the package CD??
i have copied all the packages from the package CD to the /usr/portage/distfiles directory
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| masand wrote: | in the manual it asks for doing
then it tries to connect to the internet and download that file
how to we get to use the packages from the package CD??
i have copied all the packages from the package CD to the /usr/portage/distfiles directory
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When you emerge syslog-ng, emerge looks for the source code for the package in the tar.gz format. The source code file is found ONLY on the Universal liveCD, not the package CD. The package CD contains strictly binary packages, which are already compiled. Do not copy anthing from the packages CD to the /usr/portage/distfiles directory.
To emerge syslog-ng from the source code on the Universal liveCD, mount the CD under /mnt/cdrom, then copy the syslog-ng source code to /usr/portage/distfiles: | Code: | | cp /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/syslog-ng-1.6.5.tar.gz /usr/portage/distfiles |
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| masand wrote: | how to we get to use the packages from the package CD??
i have copied all the packages from the package CD to the /usr/portage/distfiles directory |
You might want to look at this guide to a Stage 3 GRP install..
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As is mentioned, the 2004.3 Gentoo/x86 Handbook contains the installation instructions for a networkless installation using the Universal LiveCD and, optionally, a Package CD.
Follow the instructions to the letter; forgetting to execute certain steps may result in failure to install Gentoo. |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject: Thanks!! |
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Now i get everything clear!!
thank you all for guiding me here
also what do you think
how much space will be required to go for a full insatalltion
i have this partion of 3 Gb
should i go on changing that???
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Give yourself at least 8GB, just to be safe.  |
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