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On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:57:43AM +0100, Nuno Jos? Mendes F. Caseiro - ESA= /IPCB wrote: > it's possible to install Gentoo without net conection? How? What are > the steps i've to do? Basically, the only reason gentoo has to see the net is to build the portage tree and retrieve packages. Since the portage tree is platform independant, all you need is some kind person to burn their /usr/portage directory onto a cd. You could then mount the cd as /usr/portage and be good to go. You would also have to be sure that the /usr/portage/distfiles directory had all of the packages you wanted to install. If gentoo sees the package in that directory, it doesn't even attempt to connect. So, basically, you somehow need to prepopulate the /usr/portage area to perform a netless install. > Another question i've managed to compile the kernel following the > steps on the install doc. The problem is my ethernet card doesent' "go > up". i follow everything, i suppose i do all the kern congig ok but > don=B4t know what seems to be the prob. Any sugestion? I would think to look at the output of 'lsmod' to check if the proper NIC module is getting loaded (unless, of course, you compiled it into the kernel). When you try to bring up the NIC, do you see any errors in /var/log/messages? -Mike Arrison --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+10Ys1NmL0av6/DARAh0HAJ9sObKgJZOnaSWd19RTt95W7bl92QCfcN1C VnEOsmOt3+B2CmFpwmSoGAw= =ZYqu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xHFwDpU9dbj6ez1V--