On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 00:17, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 21:01, Joeb wrote: > > Greg Meyer wrote: > > > > >On Wednesday 15 October 2003 11:25 pm, Joeb wrote: > > > > > > > > >>Evidently, the 9.2 ISOs don't contain the kernel-sources. They exist > > >>on the 9.2 tree on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs I DLd. Is it > > >>just my CDs or were the ISOs bad (again). I can DL the sources, but > > >>it would have been nice if they were included! Does anyone know of > > >>any other files missing from the ISOs that are in the tree? > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >I downloaded the PowerPack iso's and it is on CD3 of that set. There is > > >actually a lot of stuff in main that is not on the 3 cd's. It just > > >won't all fit on 3 cd's. But if you set up a 9.2 mirror as a urpmi > > >source, any package you want installed will be automatically downloaded > > >and installed. > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > I understand that not everything can fit on the three CDs, but for the > > basic 3 CD download set, the third CD isn't full, so it appears that > > there would have been room. It's really pretty poor that the kernel > > sources aren't included as many people need to compile things! I'm > > wondering if and when the ISOs are put on FTP servers if this will be > > fixed? If not, then a lot of people will be turned off by Mandrake. I > > can only assume if people order CDs from Mandrake or CheapBytes that > > they don't have a high speed connection. If that's the case, then > > setting up a 9.2 mirror as a source won't work. Further more, as many > > 9.1 mirrors are being deleted (as I type), it would mean that if you run > > 9.2 longer than six months, you lose your ability to reinstall something > > that wasn't on the CDs. > > > > Just my 2 cents. > > > > Joeb > > > > > > My 3rd CD is 696 MB granted that 4 megs short of full but not enough > for the kernel source. For that I recommend urpmi. > > James disk 3 download is 652 megs
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