From: Jack Ostroff <ostroffjh@users.sourceforge.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] update catch-22 with Wifi
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:53:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f0aee8a-3580-4f87-bb2c-ab963f3ecf1f@users.sourceforge.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Z2n2J91jj-YYNKTy@ca.inter.net>
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resending to the list, instead of directly (fat fingered the first time)
On 12/23/24 6:45 PM, Philip Webb wrote:
> I no longer have a landline available (even via friends)
> & rely on Wifi for I/net service, incl software downloads.
>
> I've been a happy Gentoo user since 2003,
> but want to be able to use Wifi with my 15 yr-old netbook (32-bit),
> which has always had Gentoo installed & whose hardware incl's Wifi.
> This presents a Catch-22 : how can I install Wifi software ?
> -- I need the I/net to download the files,
> but can't access the I/net without that software installed.
>
> Is there any way around it ? -- eg could I download files on my desktop,
> then transfer them to the netbook & get that system to use them ?
>
> Can anyone offer suggestions ?
What you suggested sounds fine. You need to download the necessary
ebuld(s) if not already present, and then source files - both things
that go in the distfiles folder, plus those (if any) that go in the
files folder in the ebuild folder. Download on the desktop and transfer
by USB stick?
An alternative would be to boot with a live USB, then chroot into Gentoo
and emerge away.
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-12-23 23:45 [gentoo-user] update catch-22 with Wifi Philip Webb
2024-12-23 23:53 ` Jack Ostroff [this message]
2024-12-25 11:58 ` Michael
2025-01-08 1:06 ` Frank Steinmetzger
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