On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 10:21, Charlie M. wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > October 19, 2003 06:11 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: > > [...] > > > >Have you run gendistrib yet? I believe that's used to clean the trees > > before building ISOs but I could be wrong. I'm sure there are notes about it > on the TWiki (cooker). > > > > gendistrib if for prepairing the tree for hd / network installs... > > you don't need it for making cds... > > I guess that's another of those things I do from habit then. Left over from > too many urpmi errors/installation failed messages. > > > both gendistrib and makecd does that procedure... > > gendistrib verifies dependencies and write one hdlist.cz / synthesis for > > the whole media, leaving out the packages that don't have their > > depencies met... > > After I posted that reply I ran makecd against my local cooker tree to build a > set of disks for a friend that wants to participate but has "broadband" that > isn't quite. Tons and tons of errors/warnings but it did generate disks. I'll > post if they aren't usable for an install. That won't necessarily apply to > the 9.2 tree though. It's a cooker tree. > > > as for makecd is does the exact same thing, but it splits up hdlist.cz > > and synthesis based on amount of cd's, and their contents.... > > (so urpmi/rpmdrake will know on wich cd to look...) > > [...] > > > > > I'll probably wait for the power pack, too. I was just curious as to > > > how to do it. The CDs I made, did boot, but I didn't try installing > > > because of all of the dependency errors (most of them in apach2, but > > > there were others, too, like gdm). My real reason to try was that I > > > have a high speed connection from work, but not home. But the work > > > connection does work with BitTorrent. So, I could ftp the 9.2 tree down > > > and I thought I would build my own ISOs. Like I said, the process was > > > pretty smooth (although lengthy) and I ended up with 8 CDs (I included > > > contrib, too). But, with all of those dependency errors, I didn't want > > > to risk screwing something up (my test linux box is temporarily in > > > production). > > > > The dependency problems is only makecd's way to inform you > > that those packages won't be on the cd's as you cant install them > > anyway... > > so it does make the cd's installable ... > > > > > In reality, downloading the tree and running MakeCD was not > > > significantly more work that ftp'ing ISOs. Oh well, the powerpack > > > should be shipping in the next two weeks! > > > > > > Joeb > > > > Regards > > > > Thomas > > I'll eventually attain knowledge enough to be as helpful as some others on > these lists. Maybe....if my head doesn't explode. (-: > > My mission at the moment though is to see how long I can keep this cooker > install up to date without having to reboot/hd install. The only real reason > to reboot now would be to start using one of the newer kernels I've > installed. I really am good at breaking things through sheer ape-like > curiosity though. <g>
Charlie, I know that one. I remember RH4.2 and two solid weeks of install.... adjust.... break... re-install, adjust, break,......... And for those who say a re-install is never needed. You should have seen how well I broke 4.2 One thing I got really good at was setting up multi-boot boxes. (I was running RH4.2, A Korean Linux who's name I've forgotten, FreeBSD 2.6 and winders ninety weight.) All on a single pair of 3 gig drives. My greatest discovery was KDE 0.5(or thereabouts) for FreeBSD. And yes, KDE was originally a FreeBSD wm. James > > Speaking of kernels; I for one appreciate all your hard work on that front. > > Thanks Thomas. > > Regards; > Charlie > - -- > Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org > Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-10mdk > 10:51:11 up 29 days, 14 min, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.04, 0.21 > You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/ksgOG11CaRuZZSIRAn2ZAJ919b8Qbv1yJzpi5jpDYbHhYUBgNgCeP+UZ > 3Z3D+uB4kZZP9BmBTSIKBj4= > =VEaz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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