[Sussex] Gentoo Network Problems

[Stephen Williams]

On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 11:39 +0100, John D. wrote:
> Stephen Williams wrote:
> 
> >On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 05:16 +0100, John D. wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Hi list,
> >>
> >>I was following the instructions to do a stage 3 install without a 
> >>network connection, as I wanted to initially use the binary GRP packages 
> >>from "disc 2".
> >>
> >>The problem is that some of my efforts to get stuff installed from the 
> >>second disc are throwing up "Temporary loss of name resolution" type 
> >>errors. Why that should be is a complete mystery. The packages are 
> >>supposed to be on the disc!
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >If you're doing an install using the Universal Install CD and installing
> >packages from the packages CD (also known as a GRP install), you need to
> >follow this link on how to set up the 2nd CD:
> >
> >http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=11#doc_chap2
> >
> >I suspect The name resolution problem occurs because there are internet
> >repositories listed in your /etc/make.conf file. Look for something
> >like:
> >
> >GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://
> >
> >in your /etc/make.conf file. Comment this line out.
> >
> >If you are going to be doing a lot of installing of packages from the
> >packages disk, you might edit the line beginning:
> >
> >
> >#PKGDIR=${PORTDIR}/packages
> >
> >to look like:
> >
> >PKGDIR="/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom/packages"
> >
> >So when you run emerge --usepkg, portage should look in these locations
> >for your binary packages.
> >
> >Remember you'll need to mount your CD-ROM first.
> >
> Ok Steve I'll go and check that.
> 
> I was wondering if it was because I was using incorrect "terminology" 
> i.e. like since they had to change the kde stuff because of kde now 
> being a "meta" package.
> 
> Because the system seemed to get gnome from the packages CD fine with 
> just "emerge --usepkg gnome", plus just doing the stuff as laid down in 
> the install handbook for "finalising" (gettng firefox and thunderbird).
> 
> At the moment, it seems to be getting the kde stuff after I did " emerge 
> --usepkg kde-base" (all 275 packages worth - phew).
> 
> I suppose that once I can get the kde, gnome and office stuff, if I then 
> try to do the update (post checking the make.conf) it will be coffee 
> time in a mega way as it updated.

Yup. The whole point about using the GRP install is not wasting time
compiling. If you do an emerge sync and then emerge -up world, you might
as well have carried out a network install from scratch.

Steve.


> 
> I'll post back with a progress report.
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> regards
> 
> John D.
> 
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