"Steven J Mackenzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a bit confused by the new larger Mandrake distribution.
>
> I download my Mandrake cooker over a 64K ISDN line. Because I download from
> the ftp site, it doesn't matter if the download gets interupted, for instace
> by a new RPM going in to the archive. When it's finished I can resync the
> archive, run mkhdlist, and burn it to CD
>
> But I can't do this anymore as all the RPMS are in one directory, so it's
> too big for a CD. (It's also too big for the parittion I download to !)
>
> Is it possible to split the "extra" RPMS in to a seperate directory to make
> it easier to build my CDs?
We cannot do this; because it would revert to the problem we had the last
15 days, the FTP install will hang waiting for you to "change the media"..
You have several solutions:
. d/l an ISO image
. install via FTP
. split the rpm's in two separate directories; use the "rpmslist" file for
that.
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
