Depending on setup, its often possible to manually configure a system to the same IP and settings dhcp would give out which then works fine. If you have access to to XP, you may be able to access the connection sharing settings and get a head start. I do this at work - change to a fixed IP the same as the one issued by DHCP at times.
BillK On Tue, 2005-05-03 at 10:31 -0400, michael higgins wrote: > Hey, all. > > I've just moved my work location for a couple of weeks while I house-sit for > a relation. > > At _my_ home, I configure my IP addy and all manually, while sitting behind a > router. > > Here, it seemed like I needed "dhcpcd" to make my connections, either directy > via the cable modem or by 'internet connection sharing' with the XP that sits > here. > > So, here I was, Gentoo box on a network, but dhcpcd not installed so no > internet connection. > > My question is, what would be the 'gentoo' way to fix this problem? > > I wound up d/l and burning the universal install CD, unpacking the portage > and distfiles to /opt/tempport and editing make.conf to use this new folder > for portage. That's a lot of bandwidth and media for a very small file > needed, no? > > After I emerged dhcpcd and got connected, I undid the edits. Emerge -uDv > system, world, and all seems good. > > But isn't there a way to tell emerge, "hey, I just d/l this file. Install it > from here..." Like, giving the tarball located on a floppy or something? > > > -- > |\ /| | | ~ ~ > | \/ | |---| `|` ? > | |ichael | |iggins \^ / > michael[dot]higgins[at]snet[dot]net -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
