Thanks for the reply, only one other problem I didn't state. The box with internet access is not a gentoo box... I have access from a Win2K account and/or from a rh7.3 account...
Is there another way? Eugene Quoting Michael Denio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You can use "emerge -f" on the machine with internet access and place > the downloaded files from /usr/portage/distfiles into the same directory > > on the machine without internet access. I assume there is also ftp > access to the tarballs so you could use that instead of "emerge -f" > > Eugene Van Dam wrote: > > >Hi > > > >I recently got hold of a live-cd containg gentoo stage1,2 and 3 > tarballs and a > >few packages. I read through the /usr/share/doc/install.txt and also > read the > >portage manual and guide. I find the whole portages/emerge idea very > >interesting and would like to give it a try, except I have the little > problem > >of no internet access on the box I'm installing Gentoo. > > > >I have internet access elsewhere, so my question is how would I go > about > >installing and keeping up to date, my gentoo box at home. There surely > must be > >a way to set up /etc/make.conf or whatever to lookup the files i > separetly > >downloaded and copied to /some/dir/. > > > >emerge sync, emerge -up world , ect all want to connect to the gentoo > mirrors. > > > >Any help? > >Thanks > >Eugene > > > >-- > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
