Re: Low bandwidth/limited time online installation?

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| I do have a 512Kb connection at work, is it possible to download and burn
a
| batch of CD's with the sources I want and then tell portage to use the
CD's
| rather than the source servers for the install? - before anyone suggests
it
| I'm not allowed to take my tower to work and plug it in there ;-)

I don't have your complete answer, but maybe this will lead the discussion
in the right direction to solve your problem.

Doesn't portage check for the appropriate files in /usr/portage/distfiles
first before going out onto the net and fetching them?

If one could somehow get a list of all the required files, download them and
eventually have them end up in /usr/portage/distfiles, your emerge wouldn't
need an internet connection at all.

I think....

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Fred Chagnon
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