On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Sam Gentile wrote: > > > Any chance of sending them to me? I don't have capability to burn CDs. I > > have converted all my Linux machines to Mandrake Linux but I can't get > > install to work from the hard drive after downloading everything from the > > Web Site. It says it cannot find the list of packages. Is there a step I'm > > missing? I have got no responses here. I hear about the much vaunted on-line > > support for Linux and I haven't got ot. I have re-invested all my Linux > > machines in Mandrake from RedHat and I need to be able to keep up with the > > latest KDE and development tools. I cannot use fmirror either. Please > > someone respond with constructive suggestions. > > I just did an install from HDD with Cassini... it's a little tricky... > something must be broken in there somewhere... when it's almost ready to > start copying RPMs, you need to mount /dev/hdxx to /tmp/hdimage and then > link /tmp/rhimage to /tmp/hdimage/[dir]/Mandrake and it should work. That > did it for me... Axalon explained exactly what I needed to do (I think I > still have the message, I'll forward it to you directly). That should > take care of HDD installs. Also, what's the problem with fmirror? I use > it here and it works awesome... > > Vincent Danen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . ICQ: 16978834 > BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta > Stronghold Enterprises/X BBS . http://shx.tzo.net > Telnet://shx.tzo.net . Weblogin-http://shx.tzo.net/shx > > just a note, but thats upgrades not installs, does sound like maybe same problem -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
