> -----Original Message----- > From: Iain Buchanan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:30 PM > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A Theoretical install Question > > > On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 13:06 +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ok, Here goes... > > > > > > How large is the package archive for gentoo, assuming a > full copy of > > the portage tree, and all of the source tarballs in the distfiles > > directory of the average server? > > all of the distfiles? about 7 or 8 Gb I seem to recall > reading on the handbook... > > > Would it be possible to draw down the whole archive all in one shot > > using wget or similar, dump it all into a directory on the > hard drive, > > and direct portage there for the distribution files? > > yes, of course, but what for? If you just want an "offline" > installation, you can use -f to emerge which will download > (fetch) only. > > or if you want to download on one machine, and transfer the > files via disk or something to another machine, use -fp to > get the list of files to download. > > of course, neither of these methods cover the fact that you > might not know exactly everything you want to install... > > HTH, > -- > Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
That is why I was wondering about the size of the download. If it is less than 10GB, then that may be one hell of a download, but it is still within the realm of reason. I imagine that by the the time I am able to undertake such a task, the size of the repository will likely have grown. :P -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
