On Tue, 31 May 2005 07:14:49 +0100, Graham Murray wrote: > That is not strictly true. It is possible to do a source install > without direct network access. What you have to do is get (on CDs or > DVD) a portage snapshot and all the source files required and put them > in (the chrooted) /usr/portage/distfiles/. A UK magazine (Linux > Format) has, in the past, put sufficient (and more) source packages on > the cover DVD to do stage1 install without having to download anything > from the net.
The new issue of Linux Format, out in the UK later this week, has Gentoo 2005.0 on the DVD with over 2GB of source files. Everything you need for a standard desktop setup on x86, amd64 or ppc. </plug> -- Neil Bothwick Eat shit - 50 million flies can't be wrong
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