Jason <noneofyourbusiness@biteme.net> wrote in message news:<7tj3pvc319curdm8uav38mi3ku1r64sre6@4ax.com>. ..
> Run "emerge -fp libsdl". That will give you a list of files that need
> to be fetched so that the package libsdl can be built. Use another
> machine to fetch those files from a Gentoo mirror. Stick them in the
> folder /usr/portage/distfiles.
>
> Once you do that you should be able to emerge libsdl.
>
Thanks , that's what I did and it got one step on. Now it's missing
another file. Seems like the CD I got is missing a whole bunch of
stuff.

I am now battling to get ppp set up on gentoo so it can spend a week
filling in the gaps with my dialup connection.

I was hoping to get a working gui with a few tools to help but it
looks like I will have to do it the hard way.

Looks like I will be a Linux guru by the time I get a working sys but
at least it will save time later.

Thanks..