From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DunFz-0003RR-LH for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:15:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6J8CwMn003699; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:12:58 GMT Received: from dbmail-mx4.orcon.co.nz (loadbalancer2.orcon.net.nz [219.88.242.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6J88x1S018031 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:09:00 GMT Received: from sf.rout.dyndns.org (60-234-144-216.bitstream.orcon.net.nz [60.234.144.216]) by dbmail-mx4.orcon.co.nz (8.13.2/8.13.2/Debian-1) with ESMTP id j6J89IAA027744 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:09:18 +1200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] howto install gentoo without a cd-rom From: Nick Rout To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:09:48 +1200 Message-Id: <1121760589.22717.6.camel@sf.rout.dyndns.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.86.1/983/Tue Jul 19 16:38:52 2005 on dbmail-mx4.orcon.co.nz X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Archives-Salt: bfb31d4d-d50f-4a65-8c9e-14a4be525a46 X-Archives-Hash: 97b1d512c91da9a5cf514cbdf9343eba On Tue, 2005-07-19 at 13:47 +0600, simply change wrote: > hi! > > dear friends, > > i have an old pentium2 laptop without a cdrom. it has a 1 LAN port(I > HAVE A ADSL LINE) + floppy driver. now i need to install gentoo to my > lap. so can any body to help me to do this? There is a howto on the gentoo documentation, and perhaps in the wiki too, - search for "alternative install" basically you need a floppy that will allow you to: 1. boot with networking going 2. create and mount your filesystems 3. download a stage file 4. unzip it (specifically bzip2, although if the floppy only has gzip ot zip you an repack your stage file) 5. chroot into the new file system. tomsrtbt seems to fall down on the chrooting. > > -- > ... > "The future lies ahead." > _______________________ > < Have you mooed today? > > ----------------------- > \ ^__^ > \ (oo) \_______ > (__) \ )\/\ > ||------w | > || || > > Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-gentoo-r4-Adapt-v1.1# -- Nick Rout -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list