Brant Fitzsimmons wrote:
> Try this. I don't know if it will work or not. I don't want to screw
> up my configuration by testing it. I find it is easier to use the
> command line to add sources, but you're not me...so...here goes:
> -KDE Menu =>Configuration => Packaging => Software Sources Manager
> -If there is a sources named "updates" click on it and click on "Remove"
> to remove it (obvious, I know).
> -Click on "Add..."
> -Click on "Local files"
> -Name the source "updates"
> -Browse to the local directory with all of the cooker files.
Everything went seemingly swimmingly to this point.
> -Click "OK"
What about the checkbox for relative path to hdlists? I checked that,
but no matter what I entered in the box, I'd always get an error message
after it rattled the disk a while, either about not finding the hdlist
file it wanted, or trouble parsing it.
> That should do it. If it doesn't let me know.
For tonight, I'm going to try cli, & if that doesn't work, again via
floppy installation boot update. Maybe tomorrow with more info I can get
it to work.
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