* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating a Standalone
@ 2011-08-12 10:37 99% ` Mick
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From: Mick @ 2011-08-12 10:37 UTC (permalink / raw
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On Friday 12 Aug 2011 11:16:10 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> On 08/12/2011 12:58 PM, dhk wrote:
> > I have a Gentoo Box that is a standalone with no internet access. Is
> > there a way I can update it by using my laptop?
> >
> > It would be nice to be able to sync a copy of my world list on my laptop
> > without clobbering my laptop's world list. Then do a fetch for the
> > standalone world and when on the console pf the standalone do the update
> > to the fetched packages on the laptop. The idea is not to have the
> > laptop as an image of the standalone, but as a server to sync to while
> > keeping the laptop's world separate.
>
> Er, can't you just give the box Internet access by using the laptop's
> connection?
Yes and in addition, set up your laptop as an rsync server for your desktop to
use, as well as a GENTOO_MIRROR.
I'm sure there's a wiki somewhere describing the ins and outs of setting this
up (there's more than one way to share distfiles - I use boa because of its
small footprint).
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Regards,
Mick
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