On Saturday 21 December 2002 02:56 am, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Brent Hasty wrote: > > On Friday 20 December 2002 07:00 pm, Stew Benedict wrote: > > I copied the the key files from cd to my ppc directory I will be doing > > the ftp install from, this time the ftp worked, launched the graphical > > installer, progressed to the point of installing packages then ran into > > this... > > > > When statring to load the packages, the installer is unable to locate > > glibc-2.2.5-20mdk.ppc > > > > I checked in the directory I mirrored (about 800 MB of rpms) and that > > specific file is not there, though there are a couple of glibc-lsb rpm > > files. > > > > I just checked rpmfind.net and my directory is a duplicate of theres, no > > glibc-2.2.5-20mdk.ppc there either. > > > > again the directory on rpm find I mirrored is > > /linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/ppc > > > > Do I need to get the SRPMS? > > No, you don't need SRPMS, but you do need a LOT more RPMS. > > [stew@rs6000 RPMS]$ du -h . > 2.3G . > > And you definitely want glibc. 800MB is nowhere near a full respository of > the typical 3 CDs of main. > > When you run gendistrib (you did do this right?), look at the output. You > need to decide whether the messages it gives (if any) are important. > > PS: you don't need to CC me - I read the list and I get LOTS of mail > already, I don't need two copies of everything. > > Stew Benedict
I mirrored ftp.sunet.se lat night seem to be much more complete, 2.5 GB I have not run gendistrib on these yet, what is the proper procedure for doing so? -- 8:58am up 14:29, 5 users, load average: 0.40, 0.41, 0.44
