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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G2HCO-0006nE-Pj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:43:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6H0fQrA004066; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:41:26 GMT Received: from mtaout-w.tc.umn.edu (mtaout-w.tc.umn.edu [160.94.160.21]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6H0YokZ026885 for ; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:34:51 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.107] (CPE-65-29-61-136.mn.res.rr.com [65.29.61.136]) by mtaout-w.tc.umn.edu with ESMTP; Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:34:46 -0500 (CDT) X-Umn-Remote-Mta: [N] CPE-65-29-61-136.mn.res.rr.com [65.29.61.136] #+TS+AU+HN Message-ID: <44BADB25.6010807@cs.umn.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 19:34:45 -0500 From: Jeremy Olexa User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060608) 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] install with no network References: <44BAB5AF.80101@lockie.ca> <200607162333.45724.uwix@iway.na> In-Reply-To: <200607162333.45724.uwix@iway.na> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 01eb8e07-4716-4886-bb56-e5b87def3270 X-Archives-Hash: 10e1838a8aa5259ed6e536cc8c776052 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. - -- Jeremy Olexa (olexa@cs.umn.edu) Office: EE/CS 1-201 CS/IT Systems Staff University of Minnesota -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEutslFN7pD9kMi/URAqLxAJwIWuVUWEeTDgV4XiNONHZZFlfG5gCdFvsh m7n6tPLKtyai2nEakQ+XxOQ= =sSrz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list