]On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:58:57 +0100, �yvind Lode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all. > > Ok I'm a Gentoo newbie. > Searched in the FAQ etc for a answer but could'nt find anything thats > helped me. > > My problem is when I have booted the LiveCD and when I try to select a > mirror for Portage/Emerge/Sources. > > The mirror used when I for example run: > # emerge genkernel > > Is not the one I wan't and it so slow download... > It varies from 4k to 20k per second which is unusable. > I have found mirrors which are fast but cannot figure out how to use them. > > As I have understood it the mirrors should be saved in /etc/make.conf > But I cannot find any mirrors there... > > How can I manually configure the mirror I wan't to use?
Put GENTOO_MIRRORS='http://mirror1 ftp://mirror2' in your /etc/make.conf. Good luck. -- Joe -- Money can't buy everything. Sometimes money can't even buy a gun... -- [email protected] mailing list
