[gentoo-dev] new i586 build iso ??

[gentoo-dev] new i586 build iso ??

[S.P.G. Frankema]

Dear team,

have been looking at gentoo for a while and decided to try it out.

but fortune is not at my hand.

at home i only have a dail-up connection, so thats no option.

at work  (T-veryfast) i downloaded both the ix86 iso and the 600mb 
i586-build iso.

the latter boots, lets me set the whole thing up (NO ext3 !). but 
following the online or onCD install help i encounter some problems. 
(i think the prebuild is outdated compared to the helpfile). been able 
to continue

but the main problem is.  i cant get dhcpcd to connect to my 
bosses novell dhcp server. it just times out. i've tryed it all. -r / -h 
hostname / ifconfig options..... etc etc.

even tried the newest small ix86 iso (downloaded today) , and tried 
to force emerge to look on the cd etc etc.
but i end up withup a system (cant bootstrap)

so, i'm stuck.
but really really wanna try your work.

1. whats up with dhcpcd ? why cant it connect?
2. any plans for a more up-to date 650 mb iso ?
3. can one get pump updated into the isolinux env?

plz help.
yours c.
s. frankema.
 

Re: [gentoo-dev] new i586 build iso ??

[Thilo Bangert]

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 12:53:47 +0100
"S.P.G. Frankema" <frankema@hlkd.azr.nl> wrote:

> 
> 
> Dear team,
> 
> have been looking at gentoo for a while and decided to try it out.
> 
> but fortune is not at my hand.

$ emerge fortune-mod

:-)

> 
> at home i only have a dail-up connection, so thats no option.
> 

so do i - but not for long

> at work  (T-veryfast) i downloaded both the ix86 iso and the 600mb 
> i586-build iso.
> 

what i did is the following - i used an existing linux system, booted the gentoo cd and mounted one of the existing partitions to /usr/portage/distfiles and did all the emerge --fetchonly <your package here> i could think of.

then i burned the /usr/portage/distfiles directory on cd and took home were i build my gentoo system

lots of work, but it pays offlman/listinfo/gentoo-dev
> 

regards
Thilo