sorry, looks like i'm out of date as usual! :-) bascule On Thursday 16 August 2001 1:21 am, you wrote: > 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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