Gentoo Question

[Jerry McBride]

On Tuesday 27 April 2004 08:42 pm, Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> Collins wrote:
> >On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:26:39 -0400
> >
> >Matthew Carpenter <matt at eisgr.com> wrote:
> >>I am having quite a difficult time with file-not-found type errors when
> >>doing emerges.
> >>Here is an example:
> >
> >If you are running from a LiveCD, you could run mirrorselect to pick some
> > nearer mirrors. Occasionally mirrors get out of sync.
>
> Thanks Collins, that's a good idea.  The problem I have is that
> mirrorselect is one of those packages that is failing :)
> How can I select a mirror without it and what is a good mirror to use?
>

A list of "mirrors" that your copy of gentoo use is/are kept in /etc/make.conf 
and make.global... look for keyword GENTOO_MIRRORS. Never change the entries 
in make.global, but it is useful to have a look anyway.