On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>wrote:
> If I'm understanding correctly, that it's the LiveCD that can't connect to > the network (rather than the installed system) > Yes. > > Two alternatives that spring to mind are: > > 1. Many USB network adaptors are supported by LiveCDs, try one of those. > Some wired USB ethernet are available new for as little as $10 or so, or > you could probably find a secondhand wifi 802.11b or g adaptor that cheap. > Or borrow one, or something. > Use an external network adapter, uh... I never thought of that. AFAIK, many USB netwok adapters won't work correctly with Linux. Previously, I bought a Mercury MW300U USB network adapter, unfortunately, it doesn't work properly with Ubuntu 12.04. Then, that USB network adapter was left in the corner of my room. :-( So I didn't expect the USB netwok adapter to work with the LiveCD. > > 2. For each emerge command in the installation guide, run `emerge -fp > package-name` first, and redirect the output into a textfile. Then copy > this textfile onto a USB key, take it to another machine with working > internet access, use `wget -i file` to download the packages and then > transfer them back to the machine on which you're installing Gentoo. > IIRC, the LiveUSB is a read-only file system. So, I'm afraid that I could not redirect the required package information to a text file.
