On Tuesday 09 January 2001 03:08, you wrote:
> Pixel wrote:
> > it should be fixed now. at least with
> >
> > Mandrake/base:
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11859052 Jan 6 22:22 mdkinst_stage2.gz
>
> We need the GMT offset of this date/time and an assurance that
> timestamps are handled across timezones with the integrity that rsync
> uses during the developer-reference machine-primary mirror- mirrors
> process.
>
> For example, I am in GMT+1100 and I see (Konqueror):
>
> Mandrake/base:
>
> [ron@small base]$ ls -l mdkinst_stage2.gz
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ron ron 11859052 Jan 7 08:22
> mdkinst_stage2.gz
>
> This shows a +10 hour time difference. The size and 22 minutes in
> both cases looks encouraging.
>
> Your email is GMT+1, so if that is also the tz of your reference
> mirror, all is explained.
>
> But the KDE2.1 Konqueror Properties on it shows a size of 12,936,351
> ???
>
> I believe what the command line says!
>
> Interestingly, the KDE panel Show Desktop button leaves this
> Properties dialog showing - KDE2 is certainly not quite there yet ...
>
> However, today's cooker rsync download shows:
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 ron ron 11910195 Jan 9 05:21
> mdkinst_stage2.gz
>
> Summary:
>
> After losing my Windows partition at the last Cooker install I
> attempted, I am not inclined to try another Cooker install until I
> receive multiple trusted assurances that such things will not happen
> again.
I also lost my windows partition. But that shouldn't scare you off, just make
sure you don't mount the windows partition(s) (/mnt/win_c etc.) the next time
you install cooker.
Johan
