Hello out there:

I'm trying to get a bunch of different distros configured on a test machine.  
I'm stuck on gentoo.  I downloaded the two CD images for version 2003.09.11.  
I'm trying to avoid any extra work by doing a "stage 3" install.  I've gotten 
to the point where I need to select the kernel.  The trouble is, although the 
instructions say I can install everything from the CD if I do stage 3, the 
commands they tell me to enter try to accedss the internet.  I can't do that 
because gentoo didn't recognize the machine's archaic NIC, and I can't find 
the appropriate drivers (8390.o, ne.o) to load to run it.  I'm at the point 
in the install where you chroot to "/mnt/gentoo" and get the kernel sources 
and run "genkernel."  But do I really need to compile the kernel if I don't 
want to?  I know gentoo is designed as a compile-it-yourself distro, but all 
I really need is the plain-vanilla installation.  So since "emerge -k 
gentoo-sources" doesn't work, what can I do instead to get the kernel sources 
from the CD?

Thanks,
Vaughn
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