On Tue, 21 May 2002 01:24:47 +0200 gabor farkas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i want to install mandrake by my friend who only has isdn internet
> connection... that means 8kb/s not really suitable to cooker updates..
> 
> so i wanted to download the whole cooker ( i'm at a campus, with high
> bandwith internet connection ), and planned to burn it, and update the
> friend's computer with it...
> 
> i've begun to download it, but i stopped at 1gb. i thought that cooker
> is the same as the mandrake8.2 cd1, and contrib is mandrake8.2 cd2...
> 
> but then how can be that so big?
> approximately how big are cooker and contrib?
> 
> and what is the recommended way to get them and use them offline?
> 

 cooker is not 8.2, nor an update to 8.2

cooker is the test/debug of the NEXT version (not even beta) of Mandrake.
Do not install it on anyone's box who is not capable of fixing tons of little bugs.

Using cooker as a daily OS is a VERY BAD idea (although lots of us do it).

i586 cooker & contribs is 3G on my HD - no sources.

Not everything in cooker & contribs gets onto the download CDs.

The best way to use cooker is to update with something like rsync on a daily basis.

-- 
Murray J. Root
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