> -----Original Message-----
> From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:57 PM
> Subject: RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01
>
>
> >
> >> > :~>XFree86 4.01 just came out.
> >> > :~>
> >> > :~>How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made? I
> need 'em since
> >> > :~>XFree86 4 didn't install like I specifically asked it
> to
> >> when installing
> >> > :~>MDK 7.1.
> >> >
> >> > Look in cooker, I reckon these RPM-s are already there.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >What is COOKER and how do I find it and use it? I also need
> that since the
> >RPM for xfree86 is totally broken in the ISO images that you
> download.
> >TIA
> >
> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
> I think you did not download true copies of the iso images
> because my downloads and those of hundreds of others worked
> fine, and the iso images made it clear that 4.0 was not
I did the download form the official Mandrake page. I ran the MD5SUM on both
iso packs and it passed. I burned at 2 x rather than 4. I tried the install
on two different machines. Both failed in EXACTLY the same way. Version 7
commercial package installed on both with no errors.
I am stumped. I did order the cds form cheapbyte and I will see how it goes.
By the way, I must admit that the install goes MUCH easier that SUSE. That
is one reason I want to try to stay with Mandrake.
> regarded as the one for choice at his time. But it did
> install on most of my systems and the error was not failure to
> locate the package, but rather that it did not have an
> appropriate driver.
>
> Cooker you can find by navigating to www.linux-mandrake.com
> and clicking on updates or developers list or just about
> anything that brings you eventually to a list of mirrors.
> Most of hem carry a direcory called
>
> Mandrake-devel
>
> Which has the latest and greatest stuff, also the most
> experimental. DON'T touch those packages if you expect
> finished commercial product--it is for people to find and
> report bugs.
>
> It is in two directories, cooker and contribs. Cooker
> contains what will be in the next release when it is
> sufficiently debugged. Either set of packages, cooker or
> contribs, has no warranty, You break it, you keep the pieces.
> It turns you into a sperm whale, you live on a diet of giant
> squid.
>
> One place you can find cooker is
>
> ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake
> -devel
>
> Civileme
>
>
>
