Re: Gentoo emerging from disk (was Re: [Sheflug] Bootup Screen Problem)

[Tom Knight-Markiegi <tom [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> I've got the majority of the bigger stuff compiled today - kde, gnome, openoffice etc etc.
> 
> The emerge issue is a bit of a strange one. Even if the source exists on
> disk, it still downloads it anyway; very odd.

The binary packages should be copied from the liveCD to
/usr/portage/packages/All/ and you should specify the PKGDIR and PORTDIR
vars in etc/make.conf (just uncommenting them should do). And obviously
you'll have to use the -k option when emerging.

HTH

> 
> I'm going to have a go at this bootsplash setup next.
> 
> Steve.
> 
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