Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-14 Thread John J. Foster
On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 02:59:49PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, > Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. > My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-14 Thread Shawn Singh
Man...I think Gentoo and FreeBSD have the best docs...you can find darn near anything in them :) On 4/14/05, Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John J. Foster wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > > > I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, > > Fedora and Suse, I want better and

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-14 Thread Khan
John J. Foster wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, > Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. > My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the > net. But, I want to start installation

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-14 Thread Eugene Rosenzweig
John J. Foster wrote: Good afternoon, I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 i

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-14 Thread Ognjen Bezanov
>2. get a wifi card and see if your neighbors have high speed. > > > My method, and it works a treat, my neighbors have very fast internet, :-) Eventually I agreed with them that during the night when they are not using it I can use it for downloading. As such most of my emerging and linux iso

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-13 Thread Shawn Singh
2. get a wifi card and see if your neighbors have high speed. ;) LOL While I understand that you want to go with the Stage 1 install...maybe the Stage 3 install might be more realistic (unless you can get access to a hit speed connection). Shawn On 4/13/05, Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-13 Thread Richard Fish
John J. Foster wrote: >All help and guidance appreciated, > > Well, my original Gentoo installation was done with a dialup connection (not at home, mind you!), and my advice is... How about make friends with someone who has high-speed at home, and then you can drink beer and install Gentoo at t

Re: [gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-13 Thread Edward Catmur
On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 14:59 -0400, John J. Foster wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, > Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. > My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the > net.

[gentoo-user] stage1 install

2005-04-13 Thread John J. Foster
Good afternoon, I feel that it is time to move to Gentoo. After a few years of RH, Fedora and Suse, I want better and more precise control over my system. My problem, maybe, is that I only have a 28.8 modem connection to the net. But, I want to start installation from stage1 in order to be able to