Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install
John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 in order to be able to build _everything_ from scratch. At work I have access to a high speed connection and could easily download sources from there. My browsing through the Gentoo 2005.0 Handbook _seems_ to say this is not possible. Is that true? If so, I would gladly buy the CD's (and help to support Gentoo) if that would work. My last option, which I don't really want to do, is to bring my machine to work and do all from there. But I can't drink beer at the same time:-) All help and guidance appreciated, Thanks, John We had a chat about that recently: http://groups.google.com.au/groups?hl=enlr=safe=offthreadm=3OWtT-3nh-13%40gated-at.bofh.itrnum=1prev=/groups%3Fq%3D%2522system%2Bwith%2Bno%2Bnetwork%2Bneeds%2Bupdates%2522%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26selm%3D3OWtT-3nh-13%2540gated-at.bofh.it%26rnum%3D1 Building from stage1 is an interesting exercise although I wonder if the difference between a tailored stage1 install and a stage3 install would be very drastic (speed-wise, size-wise or user experience-wise). I always did it from stage1 so I don't have any experience of other installs. Eugene. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:59:49PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 in order to be able to build _everything_ from scratch. At work I have access to a high speed connection and could easily download sources from there. My browsing through the Gentoo 2005.0 Handbook _seems_ to say this is not possible. Is that true? If so, I would gladly buy the CD's (and help to support Gentoo) if that would work. My last option, which I don't really want to do, is to bring my machine to work and do all from there. But I can't drink beer at the same time:-) All help and guidance appreciated, Thanks, John Thanks to all who offered suggestions and advice. I'm in the process of repartitioning and gathering enough documentation to get started this weekend. Once again, thanks. I'm sure I'll be back seeking guidance. John -- It is not unusual for those at the wrong end of the club to have a clearer picture of reality than those who wield it. Noam Chomsky -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
