Installing Stage 1 from Gentoo DVD.

[hermann]

Hi there, just a quick question, has the Gentoo instalation been modified from the original in any way? The reason I ask is because I would like to install the full version with a network. I was just wondering if this is possible or do I have to use the instructions in the mag?

Nice magazine BTW.

Cheers,
hermann

[nelz]

Yes, it has, as it says in the magazine. The changes are there purely to handle the fact that all packages need to come from the DVD. If you want to do a network install, you can treat the DVD as a standard stage 1install disc and follow the Gentoo handbook.

Alternatively, you can do a network install, but add the

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mount --bind /mnt/cdrom /mnt/gentoo/mnt/cdrom
echo "local /mnt/cdrom/Distros/Gentoo/distfiles" >/mnt/gentoo/etc/portage/mirrors


stage for the magazine. This saves downloading packages when the version on the DVD is still the latest. no matter how fast your network connection, using the DVD as a mirror will be faster.