I'm downloading Mandrake 9.0 as I type this email actually. If you want I can setup a ftp account for you on my server when I get it downloaded (Should be done in 5 hours or so). If not, I can always burn you a copy... let me know. The mirror I always use for most of my linux distro downloads is ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch I usually get 300+ K/s from them but since Mandrake came out I'm only getting 50 K/s
Later, Trevor > 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> >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> >> >>
