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* Re: [gentoo-user] Is it possible to download packages from Windows XP?
  @ 2007-02-18  4:54 99% ` Dale
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From: Dale @ 2007-02-18  4:54 UTC (permalink / raw
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Richard Watson wrote:
> Hi - I've just installed a wireless card and think I need to install
> ralink-rt61 drivers (that's what lspci shows). I'm a dual boot system
> (XP/Gentoo) and wireless works fine in XP at the moment. I thought I
> would download the package with XP (FTP / HTTP?)and then copy it into
> /usr/portage/distfiles. Thanks, Richard

That will work just fine.  Just copy it there and then emerge will see
it and do its thing.

Dale

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