Hi Francois, --- Fran�ois Pons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le mar 14/01/2003 � 02:19, Leon Brooks a �crit : > > Another feature I'd like to see is offering to > copy the install CDs to disk > > (maybe in /var/install?), set them up as (a) URPMI > source(s) in place of the ... > You may want to do the following : > mkdir /var/install > mount /mnt/cdrom > cp -a /mnt/cdrom/* /var/install > umount /mnt/cdrom > # for each additional cdrom... > mount /mnt/cdrom > cp -a /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS* > /var/install/Mandrake > umount /mnt/cdrom > # remove old entries > urpmi.removemedia cdrom > # add new ones > urpmi.addmedia --distrib local file://var/install Yes, users who are more experienced with Linux/Mandrake can do the above steps. Imagine the usual windows convert. With so many CD's around, the new user will feel a bit uncomfortable for adding programs. He'll probably hear something like xine will play VCD's. He'll naturally try to install. The current proecedure is rpmdrake will ask for CD1 then CD2. Imagine the trouble if i've a VCD inside already!!!! This is a very real life situation for most of the desktop users whom we're targetting.
Issuing all the above commands, manually will be a lot of effort for newbies/converts. Where are we going to document this things.. If including this feature into rpmdrake/Drakx involves a lot of coding, this should definitely be pushed for MDK9.2 But this is definitely a nice to have feature for newbies/converts.. BTW:WinMe does this CD copying to HD for it's users, as this was a major complaint with Win95/98. Cheers., Prabu __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
