Gentoo Linux 1.4 sources

royger · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Catalunya

I have a slow conection on my home, a 56 modem and I can't download gentoo sources in the install, so I think it will be very interesting to make a full gentoo CD, with Xfree86, KDE, Gnome and all this. I can download the full CD in a house of a friend or somewhere else, and then install it.
I tryed LiveCd, but it makes a generic install, and i want to install gentoo to make my own linux, with only the packets that i need, so livecd doesn't suit me

.

Bye and thank's

[royger]

klieber · Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2002 1:13 pm Post subject:

moving to gentoo suggestions.

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delta407 · Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2002 1:15 pm Post subject:

By install CD I would guess you mean a CD containing the necessary source tarballs -- correct? That could be done by doing a Gentoo install, "emerge -f x kde gnome" (which downloads everything), and burning /usr/portage/distfiles onto a CD along with the isolinux stuff so it's still a bootable CD, but with your new files. Then, on your next install, after you've formatted everything, you can mount the CD and copy the source tarballs into /usr/portage/distfiles. Portage will automatically use them.
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Ishamael · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 12 Location: Germany

... but which implies the place where you download the sources must have gentoo running as well.
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klieber · Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2002 1:55 pm Post subject:

masseya · Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2002 12:37 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but it would be easier if you could just install faster and then update one thing at a time over night. The length of an install can be awful long. I'm not saying it's not worthwhile because I think it is. I'm just saying that if there's a big problem with gentoo it's the length of install time. Especially, if your boss says, "I need ten PC's right now for this and such network!" How can you push gentoo other than to say that they will be way easier to maintain after you get them up and running.
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royger · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Catalunya

Thank's to all for your help, i didn't expect such a good reply

. Firts i want to say that i'm the only person i know that uses Linux (i know another, but he uses 56 modem so he can't help me).
I can't intall gentoo on my computer, because stages1, 2 or 3 doesn't have ppp support, and i can't make a gateway. Once i will have gentoo installed (with kppp and KDE) i could download the updates if im interested in, i dont know if you understand me, my english is not very good

. You may think why i havent a good conection (adsl or something better than a modem), this is because im only 16 and my parents doesnt want to buy me a adsl or something better

. So i have to survive with this. I think more people is in my situation, so you could make a cd with all the packages, independent from stage 1, 2 and 3. I think this wil be the best solution.

bye and thank's

[royger]

klieber · Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2002 6:15 pm Post subject:

peschmae · n00b Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 19

is there nobody out there who has acces (perhaps to the official gentoo servers) to a server and is willing to add there a (cron or something like that) script, which just creates isos of all available gentoo packages and puts them online?

I'd be really nice for people (especially young people (i'm 17)) to be able to get the isos somewhere, 'cause young people usually dont have the possibility to get adsl for themselves

MFG Peschmä

klieber · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 3:03 pm Post subject:

felysium · n00b Joined: 27 May 2002 Posts: 43 Location: Netherlands

klieber · Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 7:26 pm Post subject:

maxpower · n00b Joined: 07 Aug 2002 Posts: 65 Location: South Korea

I think it should also be mentioned that all of the source files are readily available from the gentoo homepage by clicking the appropriate miiror. Then you could download all of the sources you wanted and burn it to an cd. If you have burning software to burn an ISO then you should be able to burn the separate source packages.

peschmae · n00b Joined: 12 Aug 2002 Posts: 19

ouups, yes, you're right ...

but there stays the problem that without ISOs you can't get a linux distributor (like http://www.net-store.ch) to sell cds with the tarballs...

thanks peschmä

royger · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Catalunya

My final question is: will there be a sources cd with gentoo1.4 or not?

53% peolpe voted Yes, so i think is time to make a minimum source cd with Xfree, KDE, Gnome and other big packages (i know that ppp & kppp are not big packages but i think it may be added too

)

klieber · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 12:33 am Post subject:

wilbertnl · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 3:35 am Post subject: Keep Gentoo with source basic

It would be interesting to get a source CD available.
But I suggest to keep the source selection very basic. Like text based applications, vim, lynx (or w3m?) xfree-4.2 would be okay too, because they don't release updates very often.

The point is: I would avoid sources of applications which are released every other day. ;-)

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delta407 · Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 5:20 am Post subject:

You could always go to a Gentoo box and:

royger · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Catalunya

tomorrow im gonna install gentoo, (i will take my pc to a adsl 256/128 connection), i will intall Gentoo 1.4beta if all goes well

. When i finish i will try to make a sources CD, but my server is on an adsl 256/128 connection, so i cant put the image there, people will saturate my server, and the connection only accepts 14kbps of upload. I need a ftp server to upload the image, does anyone have one?

[royger]

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klieber · Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2002 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Sources CD

DArtagnan · Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2002 6:10 am Post subject: Re: Sources CD

royger · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Catalunya

Well i think i have a good sources cd, with XFree, wvdial, ppp, KDE, FluxBox...I have done a iso of my /usr/portage/ dir, and i did stage1, so maybe u can make a stage1 with this iso *not sure*. I think i have convince my parents to buy adsl

, so i could update the sources cd.
Now i need the ftp to upload it, i think the image is about 600MB.

Thank's to all in your interest of making a sources cd!
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klieber · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 12:11 am Post subject: Re: Finished!

royger · n00b Joined: 09 Aug 2002 Posts: 19 Location: Catalunya

What's a PM?

klieber · Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2002 2:09 pm Post subject: