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 1DuoBr-00083t-0J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:15:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6J9DEM6029191; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:13:14 GMT Received: from rutherford.zen.co.uk (rutherford.zen.co.uk [212.23.3.142]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6J98nk7013606 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:08:49 GMT Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=desiato.digimed.co.uk) by rutherford.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Duo6k-0004nx-6a for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 09:09:46 +0000 Received: from hactar.digimed.co.uk (hactar.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.2]) by desiato.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAAFE1406264 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:09:43 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:09:41 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] howto install gentoo without a cd-rom Message-ID: <20050719100941.6d56ef87@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.12 (GTK+ 2.6.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 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 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Tue__19_Jul_2005_10_09_41_+0100_7b3FJIgX0TXUuwYe; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 X-Originating-Rutherford-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 2b022bb1-c5db-4173-8232-9430c2bcf128 X-Archives-Hash: 603c4287d72ad466fc54d941ec517b5b --Signature_Tue__19_Jul_2005_10_09_41_+0100_7b3FJIgX0TXUuwYe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:47:03 +0600, simply change wrote: > 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?=20 Considering how long compilation would take on this, the best approach may be to install in a chroot on a more capable machine, then simply set up the partitions and copy everything over once it is all compiled and set up. Make sure you set your CFLAGS and CHOST to match the laptop. then you only need to run grub to set up the bootloader and you're away. Another advantage of this approach is that you can emerge updates in the chroot with --buildpkg and NFS mount the PKG DIR on your laptop, so it can install from binaries. --=20 Neil Bothwick I've got a mind like a... a... what's that thing called? --Signature_Tue__19_Jul_2005_10_09_41_+0100_7b3FJIgX0TXUuwYe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFC3MNYum4al0N1GQMRAozmAKDMNbMmZJAIZRWV34pkwlO8eDX/OQCfQBso GAKeCOHHV+EulYOyBfxuJUw= =MPVr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Tue__19_Jul_2005_10_09_41_+0100_7b3FJIgX0TXUuwYe-- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list