>> ... at home, built from stage1. >> >> Is there an .iso/script/etc somewhere that I can use to >figure out what >> packages/updates/etc I will need to build each stage, >download them at >> work, and, say burn 'em to a cd, bring em home, and move >them somewhere >> where the stage-n installers would find/use them? >> >> Also, as goofy as this sounds, and as awesome as gentoo is, it really >> needs an automated installation tool. I say this, 'cause if >the answer to >> my first question is "sorry, no." then it's going to take an entire >> weekend to download, compile and install everything and I >can't spend all >> my time babysitting it. > >I got dialup. > >http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=2022 > >Just figure out what you want to install and paste what you want into >one long emerge command after building the basic system and updating >it. > >If something breaks, it will stop and wait on you to fix, if >it doesn't, >it continues building and installing.
emerge -f packagename is your friend. This will fetch all of the files you need for a particular package in one fell swoop, so that you don't need to keep your connection open. I am also cautious about removing files I've downloaded, so that I needn't re-download them. The bootstrap script is a bit of a problem, because it downloads one file at a time, but it's not too bad. (The first installation I did annoyed the hell out of my wife, because I kept the phones tied up for so long.) After I finished bootstrapping, I simply type: emerge -f packagename && emerge packagename just before I go to bed, then finish whatever changes are needed in the morning. No babysitting. -rex -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
