[gentoo-user] install with no network

[gentoo-user] install with no network

[James Lockie]

I'm trying to install without network connectivity.
I got to the point in the install guide where it says to emerge a kernel.
I can't emerge anything because I'm not on the network.
HELP


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Re: [gentoo-user] install with no network

[Uwe Thiem]

On 16 July 2006 22:54, James Lockie wrote:
> I'm trying to install without network connectivity.
> I got to the point in the install guide where it says to emerge a kernel.
> I can't emerge anything because I'm not on the network.
> HELP

Well, you could install from a stage 3 CD but you will never be able to 
upgrade anything without network. Gentoo is pretty much a "network 
distribution". You seem to be out of luck.

On the other hand, how did you send your email without *any* network access?

Uwe

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Re: [gentoo-user] install with no network

[Jeremy Olexa]

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Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 16 July 2006 22:54, James Lockie wrote:
>> I'm trying to install without network connectivity.
>> I got to the point in the install guide where it says to emerge a kernel.
>> I can't emerge anything because I'm not on the network.
>> HELP
> 
> Well, you could install from a stage 3 CD but you will never be able to 
> upgrade anything without network. Gentoo is pretty much a "network 
> distribution". You seem to be out of luck.
> 
> On the other hand, how did you send your email without *any* network access?
> 
> Uwe
> 

There are networkless install handbooks availible.
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml See the last link in
step 2. I agree with the last poster, gentoo will be pretty difficult to
maintain without a network connection, on the otherhand it will be
pretty secure ;) Basically I would recommend downloading the proper
distfiles from the mirrors and then putting them in
/usr/portage/distfiles and you will be all set.

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Re: [gentoo-user] install with no network

[James Lockie]

Uwe Thiem wrote:
> On 16 July 2006 22:54, James Lockie wrote:
>   
>> I'm trying to install without network connectivity.
>> I got to the point in the install guide where it says to emerge a kernel.
>> I can't emerge anything because I'm not on the network.
>> HELP
>>     
>
> Well, you could install from a stage 3 CD but you will never be able to 
> upgrade anything without network. Gentoo is pretty much a "network 
> distribution". You seem to be out of luck.
>
> On the other hand, how did you send your email without *any* network access?
>
> Uwe

I will have network access AFTER I compile the madwifi driver for my 
wireless card.
I want to complete a Gentoo install without the network.

PS!
I dual boot to Windoze (where everything sucks but works :-)).


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Re: [gentoo-user] install with no network

[Evan Klitzke]

> I will have network access AFTER I compile the madwifi driver for my
> wireless card.
> I want to complete a Gentoo install without the network.

If you need madwifi drivers, an option that you have is to boot off a
Knoppix disc, set up wifi on Knoppix (it includes the madwifi drivers
I think), open up a terminal and proceed with the regular Gentoo
installation process.  At least that's how I would do it.

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Re: [gentoo-user] install with no network

[James Lockie]

Jeremy Olexa wrote:
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> Uwe Thiem wrote:
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>> On 16 July 2006 22:54, James Lockie wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm trying to install without network connectivity.
>>> I got to the point in the install guide where it says to emerge a kernel.
>>> I can't emerge anything because I'm not on the network.
>>> HELP
>>>       
>> Well, you could install from a stage 3 CD but you will never be able to 
>> upgrade anything without network. Gentoo is pretty much a "network 
>> distribution". You seem to be out of luck.
>>
>> On the other hand, how did you send your email without *any* network access?
>>
>> Uwe
>>
>>     
>
> There are networkless install handbooks availible.
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml See the last link in
> step 2. I agree with the last poster, gentoo will be pretty difficult to
> maintain without a network connection, on the otherhand it will be
> pretty secure ;) Basically I would recommend downloading the proper
> distfiles from the mirrors and then putting them in
> /usr/portage/distfiles and you will be all set.
>   
I got it installed without a network and I compiled my wireless modules. :-)
Unfortunately I do not have the dhcp distfile so I can't start my 
wireless interface. :-(
I'll have to grab that with Windoze and then I'll be good to go :-)
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> Jeremy Olexa
> (olexa@cs.umn.edu)
> Office: EE/CS 1-201
> CS/IT Systems Staff
> University of Minnesota
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