On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:44:45 +1300 Tim Carey-Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello CLUG, > > i have just installed gentoo. > and i love it. > > now one of my friends wants to install it. > is there a way to use my /usr/portage/distfiles/* so he > doesn't have to download all that stuff all over again? > 1. do the base install, ie untar the stageX into the new machine. simply copy the files over by any helpful protocol (scp will be available at that point, so will http/ftp if you set up the server portion on the existing machine.) 2. if you don't want to simply copy them all over (he may want different packages than you) you can a. set up apache on your machine, in the root html dir create a symlink called distfiles and point it to /usr/portage/distfiles. b. set up /etc/make.conf to include the line: GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://192.168.2.1/"; - where 192.168.2.1 is the ip address of the existing machine. portage will go to that machine, and if the file is not there, it will go to the standard mirrors. > thanks, > > tim > >
