installing over isdn. possible?

Guest · Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2002 8:44 pm Post subject: installing over isdn. possible?

hi, i wanted to know, if it is possible zu install gentoo over an isdn line.
please don't tell me that it _should_ be possible.

did anyone here actually _do_ it that way?

stage 1 install is not possible as much as i know.
but when i do a stage 3 install, do i have the necessary tools to get my isdn connection running (isdn4k-utils etc...) to do "emerge"?

thanks in advance

delta407 · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 2:44 am Post subject:

Well, yes, it should be possible; it's a matter of if you have the patience, skill, and luck necessary to pull it off. You'd need the appropriate drivers on a separate disk, and so forth... it is possible, but it's messy.

sa · Guru Joined: 10 Jun 2002 Posts: 450

I dont think it would be too messy, if you have a spare partition. All you have to do is... instead of booting off the install disk, do all the pre-installing stuff(like mke2fs and chroot....etc) from you existing linux installation (ie, use you current distro as the boot disk), that way networking is allready up :-)

hth, sa

delta407 · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 3:57 am Post subject:

Yeah, but that's still a lot more messy than "boot off the CD and follow this 12-page document"... may not be worth it to Guest.

Guest · Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2002 6:38 pm Post subject:

thanks guys,

i will try an see if i can get things to work with a stage 3 install-cd

^^

Guest · Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 12:06 am Post subject: nearly impossible

i did a stage 3 gentoo install. worked fine with no problems.

but installing additional packages without a working ethernet connection is nearly impossible. how can i emerge isdn4k-utils, when i don't have an isdn connection .... (additionally isdn4k-utils is masked becauso it is said to be broken)

not to speak about dependencies.

sad, that installing on a computer with a dialup connection is so hard. i'm not a newbie, but this goes beyond me. sry.

btw: in germany (where i live) 50% of the internet user have an isdn connection, another 40% or so have still modem ...

delta407 · Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2002 12:09 am Post subject:

As I said: