Easiest way to do this; mount over TCP/IP

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JanErik · Post by **JanErik** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:26 pm

Basically, I have two computers with network adapters, one has a complete Gentoo installation, with /usr/portage/distfiles.
I want to install Gentoo on the "other" machine aswell, and mount the distfiles directory/partition on the "other" machine after booting from livecd. I do not have an Internet connection available, and I can't move the harddisk since the "other" machine is a laptop.
What do I need to install on my distfiles server? NFS?

RobMcM · Post by **RobMcM** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:43 pm

You could use samba too. I don't know if the LiveCD has samba support, but you could boot from a Knoppix CD and install Gentoo that way as described in http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/altinstall.xml#doc_chap3 (Knoppix has samba support, so you could then mount your distfiles from your other machine)

Pythagoras1 · Post by **Pythagoras1** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:43 pm

i'd rather try using rsync to get the distfiles because it's alot easier to set up

modify /etc/rsync/rsyncd.conf at your host box.
add the following lines there:

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[distfiles]
     path = /usr/portage/distfiles

then start your rsync server:

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rsync --daemon

after that go to your new gentoo box and get the files:

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rsync -Pv ip_of_your_host_box::distfiles/ /usr/portage/distfiles/

that's all

RobMcM · Post by **RobMcM** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:44 pm

ok, forget my method

Pythagoras1 · Post by **Pythagoras1** » Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:57 pm

rsyncing is an easy solution if you want to install the same programs like on the other box but make shure - if this is your intention - that your portage dir, USE and ACCEPT_KEYWORDS flags are identical! that will make shure your second box doesn't want to get other packages.

in this case you should sync /usr/portage/ instead of /usr/portage/distfiles.

another solution could be setting up a ftp server and adding it to the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable in make.conf.

JanErik · Post by **JanErik** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:39 pm

I think I'll look at NFS, it could be the best way to do this, to enable the laptop to pull files on demand.

I do not want to rsync the distfiles directory, since it is over 1G on my desktop machine and my laptop only has 340M HD. But I could of course I could copy only the necessary files to another directory.

Pythagoras1 · Post by **Pythagoras1** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 6:24 pm

Finnish wrote:I do not want to rsync the distfiles directory, since it is over 1G on my desktop machine and my laptop only has 340M HD. But I could of course I could copy only the necessary files to another directory.

well... seems you didn't read my posting

Pythagoras1 wrote:another solution could be setting up a ftp server and adding it to the GENTOO_MIRRORS variable in make.conf.