Well, this is the official list: http://pst.mandrakesoft.com/en/TMPDOWNLOAD.php3
but I've tried a whole bunch of the ones I know to be "bigger" sites that can handle the load, and I'm getting no joy. And RedHat 8 is expected to hit the servers Monday? It's going to be a busy week in internet land. ;-) Ian On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 20:10, Jesse Kline wrote: > Thanks everyone, I feel pretty confident about installing 9.0 now. The > only thing left is to get it. Does anyone know of any working mirrors? > > Jesse > > On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 11:06, S�bastien Taylor wrote: > > I'm pretty sure mandrake let's you flag a partition so that it > > doesn't format it..at least it should have it, every other os has > > it. I would just stick the cd in, and boot it up, tell it to format > > the old partitions but leave /home as is. > > > > > > Jesse Kline a �crit: > > > Ya, I already have a seperate /home partition. So If I were to just wipe out my > > > other partitions, and create new ones with the MDK installer, and do a full > > > install, will it leave my /home partition alone? I just don't want to see that > > > formatting all partitions window :-). > > > > > > Jesse > > > > > > Quoting S�bastien Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > >>That could work, except for the fact that, and I quote "No, I do > > >>have a separate /home partition." ;-) Problem solved! > > >> > > >> > > >>Dan Graham a �crit: > > >> > > >>>Hi Jesse, > > >>> > > >>>1. Delete all but your /home dir. > > >>>2. Resize what is left with Mandrake's partition resizing tool (hacked > > >>>parted) > > >>>3. Name this /home > > >>>4. Create the rest of your partitions as per. > > >>>5. Do a full install as required. > > >>> > > >>>I just did this with RC3 9.0 for my buddy Howard who had a ton of stuff > > >>>on one big / partiton. > > >>>No problem. > > >>> > > >>>Cya, Dan > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>-----Original Message----- > > >>>From: S�bastien Taylor > > >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >>>Sent: 9/25/02 7:04 PM > > >>>Subject: Re: (clug-talk) 9 dot o > > >>> > > >>>Oh, good, that's easy, you just tell it what partition you want to use > > >>>as home, and then turn off the format option. Not sure _exactly_ how > > >>>to do that, I don't use Mandrake, but pretty much every installer let's > > >>>you do that. The option might also be called "Mount previously > > >>>formated partition" something like that is what you want...it should be > > >>>pretty obvious. > > >>> > > >>>Make sure you still back up what you can't afford to loose!! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>Le Mercredi, 25 sept 2002, � 18:20 Canada/Mountain, Jesse Kline a �crit > > >>>: > > >>> > > >>> > No, I do have a separate /home partition. What I want to do is > > >>> > reinstall > > >>> > the system (on the root partition) without touching my /home partition > > >>> > (which does exist). I'm sure that I read somewhere that you can do > > >>>this > > >>> > with Mandrake, I'm just wondering how? > > >>> > > > >>> > Jesse > > >>> > > > >>> > On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 18:18, S�bastien Taylor wrote: > > >>> >> You mean you didn't put your /home on it's own partition?? Shame on > > >>> >> you > > >>> >> ;-) If you didn't you should back it up and do it this time, or else > > >>> >> you can just delete everything else then install on the sorta-clean > > >>> >> drive. Or, finally, you could just try to upgrade... > > >>> >> > > >>> >> > > >>> >> Le Mercredi, 25 sept 2002, � 18:00 Canada/Mountain, Jesse Kline a > > >>> >> �crit > > >>> >> : > > >>> >> > > >>> >>> I really want to have the latest and greatest, but I'm trying to > > >>> >>> figure > > >>> >>> out the best way to go about this. I know that upgrades are not > > >>> >>> always > > >>> >>> the best solution, but I have large video files on my /home > > >>>partition > > >>> >>> that aren't economical to backup on CD. Is there a way to get > > >>> >>> Mandrake > > >>> >>> to install over the / partition without touching my /home partition? > > >>> > > >>> >>> Or > > >>> >>> is there a way to do a Debian-style upgrade using urpmi? > > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> Thanks, > > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> Jesse > > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 16:32, Dan Graham wrote: > > >>> >>>> > > >>> >>>> Hi all, > > >>> >>>> > > >>> >>>> The new Mandrake 9.0 "Dolphin" has been released. > > >>> >>>> > > >>> >>>> cya > > >>> >>> > > >>> >>> <signature.asc> > > >>> > > > >>> > <signature.asc> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
