From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QKgNz-0001Ez-Nb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 May 2011 00:37:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E20471C01F; Fri, 13 May 2011 00:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yx0-f181.google.com (mail-yx0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABA81C01F for ; Fri, 13 May 2011 00:35:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxm8 with SMTP id 8so985070yxm.40 for ; Thu, 12 May 2011 17:35:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to :references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition :content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=uU3TUg+yZ6T9HX06kykeR46+DHJuU2l7DmshXL9hoOM=; b=vYgF/Rxupr8aN/jqy+NVMoKVYISM1bigpdSe5c7MVUCIxHK9T9qdA3x5dtUpFxGnp0 +FfngBQzUYTHQLYICpCuetOn4AMpKl14cJUtv+3jo5bFvsyqO3ZrDpZkuNht4Dx+Oexw 85Qpx+b/QlDDpHTDVLAOY8EIetwZhAy38ba4o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-disposition:content-transfer-encoding :in-reply-to:user-agent; b=rOKOEz0VBYJA8EWW4PJ4zQ63CDbEpV/dUbSAExShhZzo68CAvalVGoUBncLOc/ORQB VgbCcV5XTLapzjK+X6EsYeSxjTL1TZdRT00bzNli9ofF4Vfj/sfsRdMgiMEmtMrS3CwC f4PNZfheoD4y5UywI8hs2d8+e52zEsGXlJYuQ= Received: by 10.150.164.3 with SMTP id m3mr811829ybe.203.1305246937587; Thu, 12 May 2011 17:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gaurahari (adsl-72-152-84-26.asm.bellsouth.net [72.152.84.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id t4sm86774ybe.12.2011.05.12.17.35.36 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 12 May 2011 17:35:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 20:35:30 -0400 From: Indi To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] mirrorselect on new install Message-ID: <20110513003530.GA915@gaurahari> References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 8afdb1130be7dde7933400dcfd92febe On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 02:20:01AM +0200, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2011/05/12 17:03 (GMT-0400) Indi composed: >=20 > > On 2011/05/12 16:41 (GMT-0400) Felix Miata composed: >=20 > Since I'm familiar and happy with mirrors.us.kernel.org performance, I = might=20 > rather use that, or rsync.us.gentoo.org (if that's not yet another/sepa= rate=20 > entry make.conf needs, not clear from my reading of the OP URL). So all= =20 > GENTOO_MIRRORS needs is the same URL once as http and once as ftp, or i= s that=20 > something specific to mcs.anl.gov? > You can use either http, ftp, or rsync and you can use (AFAIK) as many en= tries=20 as you wish. I think it even works if you don't bother with it, too. > It's encouraging to try a new distro, join its mailing list, ask a ques= tion,=20 > and get 3 answers within half an hour of asking, and even get one 17 mi= nutes=20 > before I asked the question (2011/05/12 16:24 (GMT-0400) Todd Goodman u= sing=20 > Mutt). :-) > Yes I love that too, as well as the fact that the documentation is extremely thorough in most respects, and what little is lacking or=20 over my head is usually easily found via searching the fine web. > In the pages preceding=20 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3D1&chap=3D= 6 it=20 > seemed as though the process would be easy enough, having built up some= =20 > experience working in chroot lately to fix fubar'd Fedora and Mandriva = rpm=20 > database disasters (https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D32547 &=20 > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D680508). >=20 > I guess I missed the requirement to be running Gentoo to be able to ini= tiate=20 > an install of Gentoo. I thought whatever Linux was already installed wo= uld be=20 > good enough, until I got to the mirrorselect instructions, and found no= =20 > incorporated alternative such as Indi has replied with. Indeed, not ne= eding=20 > to have booted Gentoo to run a Gentoo installer was part of the allure = that=20 > got me started. > I have never installed gentoo with a gentoo installer disc. Always seemed unecessary.=20 > I have more than 20 functional multiboot puters, with few having less t= han 4=20 > installed operating systems. More typical is 12+. What I use 24/7 are=20 > openSUSE and eComStation. Most of the rest are either backup, or=20 > [OS,browser,web site] testing only. > =20 Well you'll probably love gentoo. Once you get the make.conf and package.use files figured out and all your hardware properly accounted for it's just amazingly good, IME. I'm totally spoiled by gentoo, and sure do notice that everytime=20 I have to use any other system.=20 --=20 caveat utilitor=20 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB =E2=9D=A4 =E2=99=AB=20