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Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:22:32 +0200
From: Henti Smith <bain@tcsn.co.za>
To: "Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] drivers for Conexant hsf modem
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On Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:00:01 +0200
"Yavor Goulishev" <yavor.goulishev@wizcom.bg> wrote:

> Hi Henti,
> You should brake this circle causing the chicken egg problem  ;-)).
> The solution is to have a machine with internet connection.
> Never mind what OS. Use this machine to download the modem module source.
> Then copy the source on the gentoo machine in the $DISTDIR directory.
> Now you will be able to emerge and configure the modem module.

Thats what I'm trying.

I have machines here at office with net connection.
the only way I can get the ebuild to work is to havea functional 
portage directory. 

I can tar up the current one on machine and copy to new install machine and do it that way.
just copying the source and running emerge as you suggested won't help, since you need a net connection 
to emerge rsync to create a portage tree.

I also don't have a CD writer to cut a CD with to transport from machine on net to machine at home.
the only way is to download on net machine and remove hdd and take to home machine which I cannot do either because it's
a functional server. I don't have machines I can switch off.

I have asked in a mail to user list regarding the same problem if there is a way to compile the module for the driver 
on a machine for the liveCD as this would be smaller and more portable "32 MB usb drive" or something I can arrange.
but would be so much easer to have a repostry of liveCD modules that are not on the CD. (tho personally I think the liveCD 
should have all possible modules included.

I'll find a way to do this .. but it is a mission and a pain.

Henti 

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