From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxboZ-0000ma-0y for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:24:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B3E3E03E5; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 06:24:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5A4E03E5 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2008 06:24:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so3983248fga.14 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:24:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UZEjoMzpOWyzVQ9p0nKb6w7PNIMnpTg+KqNPp9elFsE=; b=VHPjYOhD2rWesYyjW1ZLrenbJzZl11OahcYfkEO1S/Jf3nC5a88GiS3Jsr21QbFF7B 13YuovOfCghdQ0VNiiicriBfyfiOxXl+xS1BZAxGfTrB6vIrtftQvOhn2Jem6BYYmSVw Xa9LKl9F5j0Iqssj9dqF4RVdhp9tXA7UIcyVM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=jcItpAfZsgdafMLILwhbS1dsuaKUZI6s3C+ZVIFzkto1yBHtB5n+ZiKHBT2SP500e1 KDPHpW1gqgbR59RSxesIpe7w9gZo+pzTKBnOXiHSIRTNTpZ/coUrbRUWjU/kKK03SI8q +LqefnHLPIr+U4McG/bdS6ElW3nyLYAooXEXk= Received: by 10.187.202.7 with SMTP id e7mr74613faq.33.1225866262785; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:24:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.187.158.20 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:24:22 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <79e3aefb0811042224h6696aecdy64bcb930962cf1d5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:24:22 +0200 From: "Dirk Uys" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Installing software without an internet connection In-Reply-To: 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=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: X-Archives-Salt: bef46f92-e41f-46c6-a39e-17f437ccd577 X-Archives-Hash: f28d47cb8b652f2bf0cc2ace79c2b5b4 On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Lorenzu Hewa, Gayan Neomal wrote: > Hi > > I was able to complete the Gentoo installation and boot into my system > successfully. I only downloaded the Live CD, But the live CD only contains a > limited number of packages and... I do not have an internet connection at > home since its very expensive for us. > > Is their any possible way that i can get a Software collection downloaded > for my Gentoo box . I have a P3 with 256 RAM when xfce is combined with > Gnome my PC runs slow. I am not much of a xfce/Gnome /KDE fan but since I > have no way of getting packages in to my PC I am facing difficulties. > > Also my gentoo root partition (/) is only 5GB But it has already consumed > almost 50% of the partition space. Is their a possible way of getting more > spacxe freed in the PC . > > Thanks & Regards, > > Gayan Lorenzu Hewa | Sub Officer | Wholesale Banking Corporate Service > Center | Standard Chartered Bank > > (: 0115-397335): 0773-652003 6: 0115-397337 *: > GayanNeomal.LorenzuHewa@standardchartered.com Did you get the minimal live CD? If possible, try to get the live cd that at least contains a stage3 tarbal, a portage snapshot, and some precompiled packages. As a side note: for a PC running on low specs I would recommend using a window manager like WindowMaker or IceWM. Both of them are very lightweight. Regards Dirk