On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 17:20:42 +0800 "m.w.chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> here > > Code listing 9.2: Getting ready for GRP > > # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/GRP > # mount -o bind /mnt/cdrom/gentoo/packages /mnt/gentoo/GRP > > hmm... maybe I need to read something on the anotomy of the gentoo > distribution. I possibly missed a few pages in the user guide. > > > I do not know what GRP is. In what context have you read this? > > I supposed if I use stage3 from the LiveCD, nothing needs to be > downloaded from the net, right? I did not use the live cd. It has, I think, some gaming on it and is 'live' so you can run the game without doing an install. I just used the regular gentoo 1.4 rc2 install image. > If I do everything from source codes (ie, everything pulled from net), > the installation process may take a whole day if not more. I would also > need a spare machine with a reliable ISP for that. That's comparable to > the effort involved in linuxfromscratch... Why a spare machine? The network set up in the gentoo install is fine. At least if you are using ethernet. I do not know about modems. Does the gentoo network work for you? > > -- > Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. > news://news.hkpcug.org / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org > news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org > ^ ^ http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.org > For starters: http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Erik Dahlbergsgatan 41-43 � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 115 34 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 302602 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
