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BigBaaadBob
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 Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2003 4:48 pm Post subject: Stage 1 install with a CD of distfiles? |
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| Suppose I have a CD with all the distfiles I need, and I want to do a stage 1 install on a system with 1 CD drive and get all the distfiles from the CD? How can I do that? (I've searched and I didn't find anything about this specific topic...). |
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gmichels
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| Use the LiveCD. At the boot prompt, there's an option which I guess is cdcache or something similiar, which will load the entire cd on memory, so you may umount the livecd and put any other cd you need. |
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BigBaaadBob
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Doh!  I've looked at that options screen a hundred times and it never sunk in! Sorry! |
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Timm
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I guess you want to avoid downloading. If you don't have access to a different machine via ftp/ssh or similar, I guess it's not possible. You won't get the Live CD out of the drive.
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