Auto disconnect\shutdown?

man named enis · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 7

Hi! After using Mandrake and Redhat on and off for a couple of years I've decided to take the plunge and have a go with gentoo. I just had a couple of questions before I got started:

1. When I do the installation I want to download all the stuff first and then compile it all afterwards. I checked around on the forums and found this: "emerge -f pkg" will that work for what I'm trying to do?

2. My Download limit is fairly small (1000mb) but my ISP has this off-peak thing where if you connect after midnight and disconnect before 7pm, any downloads do not count towards your usage. The connecting after midnight bit I have no problems with but I was wondering if anyone knew a way to set a timer so that my internet connection (PPPoE) will disconnect or my computer will shutdown (thus disconnecting me) after about, say, 6 hours?

3. Lastly, will I be able to resume where I left off if my installation doesn't finish in one go?

Thanks in advance!

dmitchell · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 11:31 am Post subject:

Yes, emerge -f will do what you want. You can continue an installation after an error as long as you don't reboot your computer. If a download or a compile fails you can try it over and over again.
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man named enis · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 7

Thanks for the help danmitchell! Can anyone help me out with the second question?

Senso · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:31 pm Post subject:

I guess some kind of cron job starting every day at 6:50, bringing down eth0 or whatever interface you use would be possible.

/etc/init.d/net.eth0 stop (or something like that, I'm at work and don't remember the command) should disconnect you.

IMO, lazarusrat's idea below is better, at least if you don't plan on doing this everyday for weeks.

lazarusrat · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 12:37 pm Post subject:

As root, either background the emerge or switch to another virtual terminal:

man named enis · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 7

Thanks everyone! i'm gonna test these ideas out tomorrow (cos it's getting late in Australia) but if you've got other ideas don't be afraid to post 'em. Can't hurt to have many things to try, right?

BradN · Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2003 1:08 pm Post subject:

To make emerge download all the sources first, do --fetchonly (whoops, just realized that's the same as -f, so you're fine with the way you had it). so, what it could look like if you wanted to (let's say it was 10:00) wait 2 hours and install kde and openoffice-bin is:

man named enis · n00b Joined: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 7

Thanks alot to everyone who helped out. Hopefully I'll be running Gentoo shortly!