Trevor Thanks for the site tip, I'm getting ~159k/s for disk one.
Jason On Thursday 26 September 2002 22:47, you wrote: > 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> -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jason Van Dellen Trilogy-Net Inc. #4; 1935 - 27Ave NE Calgary, AB T2E 7E4 www.trilogy-net.com Phone (403) 219-8868 Fax (403) 219-8860 Cell (403) 815-1626 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
