Douglas Royds wrote: > Hi Roger > > Read this posting by Chad from 27th May: > http://lists.ethernal.org/cantlug-0405/msg00902.html > Chad, you might like to put this on the Wiki.
Ok I've added it and expanded on iti. http://clug.inode.co.nz/index.php/HomePage Chad > Further comments in-line below. > > Douglas. > > Roger Searle wrote: > > Thanks for the replies, in the interim I figured out urpmi from Chad's > > recent posting and got 136MB of updates (overnight, dialup), though > > I'd still like to get Mandrake Update configured. > > In Software Media Manager, there is update_source and updates > > You only need one update medium configured with urpmi. I'd delete one of > them, and set the other to: > > urpmi.addmedia --update updates > ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/updates/10.0/RPM >S/ with ../base/hdlist.cz > > > This line means that the ftp site named will be added as a special > "update" medium called "updates". urpmi knows that some of its media are > "update" sources. They have special status, and can be used with the > --auto-select option. > > > and I think I should be able to point them both to > > ftp://jetstreamgames, how do these relate to "contrib" and "main", and > > are these the correct urls? > > Contrib provides a wide variety of packages that don't have the official > Mandrake smile of approval. This includes some pretty significant > applications, such as Audacity. > > Main is the distribution. You don't need it if you've got the CDs. > > Yes, your URLs look correct. > > You will probably also want the PLF, available in Australia, especially > if you want to view DVDs: > > urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/10.0 with > hdlist.cz > > > Contrib > > > > ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/10.0/contrib/i > >586/ > > > > with ../../i586/Mandrake/base/hdlist2.cz > > > > and > > Main > > ftp://ftp2.jetstreamgames.co.nz/pub/dist/mandrake/official/10.0/i586/Mand > >rake/RPMS/ > > > > with ../base/hdlist.cz > > > > Chad wrote: > >> Robert Fisher wrote: > >>> Try deleting the update source and then adding it again and trying > >>> again. > >> > >> Use Menu > System > Configuration > Packaging > Software Media > >> Manager (Or something like that) to delete the update source and any > >> other old RPM sources eg the 9.2 CD's. Then save and Run Mandrake > >> update. > >> > >> Chad > >> > >>> On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 20:16, Roger Searle wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> I have just upgraded a machine to Mandrake 10 Official from 9.2. > >>>> Prior > >>>> to the upgrade, I had applied all the available security updates, but > >>>> now that I've upgraded am having some difficulty believing that there > >>>> are no updates to 10! > >>>> > >>>> I am using Mandrake Update gui tool. On selecting one of the mirrors > >>>> from the list, I get "There was a problem adding medium. medium > >>>> "update_source" already exists". Next message says "the list of > >>>> updates > >>>> is empty. This means there is no available update for the packages > >>>> installed on your computer, or you already installed all of them". > >>>> This > >>>> last message is what I was getting running pre-upgrade when all > >>>> packages > >>>> were installed. > >>>> > >>>> I struck out on google, does anyone know what I should do? > >>>> > >>>> Roger > >>> > >>> Robert Fisher > >>> (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) > >>> www.fisher.net.nz > >>> > >>> BOFH Excuse #359: > >>> > >>> YOU HAVE AN I/O ERROR -> Incompetent Operator error
