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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating a Standalone
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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?