>> Hi, Gentoo newbie here :) >> >> I'm reading through the installation guide: >> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=2 >> >> To clarify - without a broadband connection, is it not possible to >> compile from source? The packages are binaries, and there are no >> source tarballs on CD, right? >> > > No, definitely not true. I have a Gentoo installation at home, with > only a dialup connection, which I managed to install with a two-stage > process. I created another couple of ISO's with a Portage tree snapshot > and the packages I wanted. I had to copy the contents of the CD's to a > spare partition before doing the install, copy the portage snapshot to > /usr/portage, along with all of the package tarballs I pre-downloaded. > The rest of my updates I had to do over a slow dialup link, but no > matter, I have patience. :) > > Yeah, it's cumbersome, I know, but it is doable. >
I already did two stage-1 installation at home without an internet connection, I primarily use an usb stick and sometimes a cdrw for big updates and installations. emerge -f helps a lot -- ed http://i.keepsilent.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor at the University of my Living Room Sofa Senior Researcher of the Kitchen Refrigerator -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
