On Thursday 16 August 2001 12:55 am, you wrote: > Hi All: > > I am having a little trouble with Mandrake Update. I want to add an ftp > source to my lists. When I click "Define Sources" I am presented with a > dialog box asking for new source or delete source. When I choose new > source, I am asked for > > "Type of source," which for me can be ftp, put any name you like such as 'my ftp source' or whatever, it then shows up in the listings of avalbale packages so you know what the source of that package is > "New source's name," I am not sure what to put here. > the server the files are on for example: fr.rpmfind.net > "url" I am not sure what to put here > the path to the file hdlists (or maybe hdlist.cz - anyway they are in the same place) for example: /linux/Mandrake/8.0/i586/Mandrake/base/ watch out for extra/not enough '/'s and possibly the path being relative to /base/hdlists not /hdlists in which case shorten accordingly, i'd check for you but my rpmdrake is segfaulting as i write! you will know if you have go the details corect because it will take a while for the process to complete itself, even over a cable connection > "relative path" I am not sure what relative path it is requesting, mine > or Mandrake's? > never found it necessary to enter anything in the next two fields > "Login," which I would assume to be "anonymous" > > and "password," which I would assume to be my e-mail address. > > if you go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 you will see a list of mirrors and you can follow the links and use the appropriate details for a server close to you, though the above examples should work, of course this is for adding an ftp source of the original 8.0 release, if you want a cooker ftp source then choose 'cooker' from the available source types, choose 'update list of mirrors' give it any name you like and click ok i do hope i've remembered these details correctly from memory bascule > If someone can help me with the New source name, url, and relative path, > I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks in advance, Peace, Love, Linux, > Dennis in Victoria ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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