I sort of just did a networkless install on my desktop. I only have very slow dialup at home, but access to wifi once mobile. My netbook is fairly up-to-date so I used it to download the latest install-iso, stage3, portage-latest. These I installed on the desktop then copied over all the distfiles on the netbook to the desktop. Now when I want to emerge something, the latest tarball is already waiting.
But, of course, you're gonna have the have some sort of web access. mw On 10/30/09, Daniel da Veiga <danieldave...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 14:48, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: >> 091030 Stroller wrote: >>> On 30 Oct 2009, at 02:41, Philip Webb wrote: >>>> I'm stuck in trying to install Gentoo on my new EeePC 1005HA . >>>> There seems to be no easily accessible driver for the Ethernet >>>> controller, >>>> which is 'Atheros AR8132' (shown via 'lspci'). >>> A very casual Google suggests >>> that this card uses the the atl1e kernel driver / module. EG: >>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-hardy-lum.git;a=commit;h=949e7063204f568027fa7783c8562ceb32b95a25 >>> says: Add support Atheros ... AR8132 ethernet NICs >>> CONFIG_ATL1E is the wossisname. Have you tried this driver? >> >> Yes, as I said in detail in my OP : 'insmod atl1e' works, >> but as before 'pppoe-start' times out when trying to connect to my ISP; >> this is using the Gentoo minimal install ISO , which has that driver. >> As I also said in my OP, I can't compile a driver (or kernel) >> using the install system, as it doesn't have 'make'. >> >> How have others got Gentoo installed on their 1005HA's ? >> -- did they all use wireless access to the Internet ? >> >> Again, does anyone have advice re trying a netless install ? >> > > I would simply try any other LiveCD. Knoppix works OK for me on most > machines. Gentoo can be installed from any media that's able to use > the hardware. > > -- > Daniel da Veiga > >
