Re: [gentoo-user] EeePC network problem

[Maxim Wexler <maxim.wexler@gmail.com>]

I sort of just did a networkless install on my desktop. I only have
very slow dialup at home, but access to wifi once mobile.  My netbook
is fairly up-to-date so I used it to download the latest install-iso,
stage3, portage-latest. These I installed on the desktop then copied
over all the distfiles on the netbook to the desktop. Now when I want
to emerge something, the latest tarball is already waiting.

But, of course, you're gonna have the have some sort of web access.

mw

On 10/30/09, Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 14:48, Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>> 091030 Stroller wrote:
>>> On 30 Oct 2009, at 02:41, Philip Webb wrote:
>>>> I'm stuck in trying to install Gentoo on my new EeePC 1005HA .
>>>> There seems to be no easily accessible driver for the Ethernet
>>>> controller,
>>>> which is 'Atheros AR8132' (shown via 'lspci').
>>> A very casual Google suggests
>>> that this card uses the the atl1e kernel driver / module.  EG:
>>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git;a=commit;h=949e7063204f568027fa7783c8562ceb32b95a25
>>> says: Add support Atheros ... AR8132 ethernet NICs
>>> CONFIG_ATL1E is the wossisname.  Have you tried this driver?
>>
>> Yes, as I said in detail in my OP : 'insmod atl1e' works,
>> but as before 'pppoe-start' times out when trying to connect to my ISP;
>> this is using the Gentoo minimal install ISO , which has that driver.
>> As I also said in my OP, I can't compile a driver (or kernel)
>> using the install system, as it doesn't have 'make'.
>>
>> How have others got Gentoo installed on their 1005HA's ?
>> -- did they all use wireless access to the Internet ?
>>
>> Again, does anyone have advice re trying a netless install ?
>>
>
> I would simply try any other LiveCD. Knoppix works OK for me on most
> machines. Gentoo can be installed from any media that's able to use
> the hardware.
>
> --
> Daniel da Veiga
>
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