On Friday 02 February 2001 00:13, Jim Bradley wrote:
> > On Thursday 01 February 2001 14:22, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> > > Why not remember the original fstab and restore it before reboot?
>
> Rest assured, I'll be sure to do that (It will take a while to restore my
> mirror at 56k (actually ~49))
>
> > Or you could mount the mirror as /mnt/disk/tmpinstall and email root.
>
> Are you allowed to change the name of that partition? I've always gotten
> errors after changing the name of the partition which contains the Mandrake
> mirror. Those errors may have been for other reasons.
>
> > You could also disable "clean out temp" for first install.
>
> If you have to disable the option when you do a hard drive install, why is
> it even an option? It's not supposed to be like a Mission Impossible
> message and self destruct after the install.
>
>
> Jim Bradley -- Maryville, MO USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sorry Jim, by "you" I meant Pixel & Co. I don't think "We" can do anything
about it - this is something the drakes _have_ to fix.
Because I have presently little faith in them doing this, I have amended Ron
Stodden's rsync script to add this at the end:
# Now copy cooker to install directory ( WARNING: contents of this may be
# wiped out by Mandrake's DrakX installer ) ...
echo
echo
echo "rsyncing $COOKERDIR with $ARCHIVEDIR ..."
rsync -rltvP $ARCHIVEDIR $COOKERDIR
echo
where $ARCHIVEDIR is /mnt/downloads (/dev/hdg6) and $COOKERDIR is /mnt/cooker
(/dev/hdg5) on my box.
When DrakX asks me the location I'll tell it /dev/hdg5 / - then if that
gets wiped again, at least my /mnt/downloads will be intact (says he with
fingers crossed). I won't be able to check this for a week or so - I too
have a 56k modem connection.
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Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, UK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
KDE 2.1beta2 -- almost fit for production machines.
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