Chad wrote: > 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
Thats odd I can see the stuff I've added if I go to http://clug.inode.co.nz/index.php but going to http://clug.inode.co.nz/ Just shows the old page before I added the Mandrake stuff! Whats going on there? Someone care to fix that? 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/R > >PM 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/Ma > > >nd 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
