05/29/03 Hello All,
I've been following the URPMI discussions with a great deal of interest, and would like to setup my MDK 9.1 system to take advantage of Internet updating. (Sorry, but coming from Windows and OS/2, this is such a strange and wonderful concept. I still can't get over the novelty of it.) Under Mandrake Control Center is the option to enter the Software Sources Manager. Currently in Software Sources Manager are listed the 7 CDs for my PowerPack distribution. Going into the Configure Sources dialog, I assume I'm going to be *Adding* a source. (Or should I first remove all references to the CDs and simply use the Internet for my source?) Now for the questions: 1) What type of source should I select? FTP Server or HTTP Server, and what is Security Updates about? If I'm using the University of Wisconsin for a mirror site, would I select FTP Server rather than HTTP Server? 2) The Name: prompt. What to use for that? Is there where I'd enter the name of the Mirror site? (the URL for the University of Wisconsin, perhaps?) 3) The Path: prompt. I have no clue about this one. 4) The Relative Path To Synthesis/Hdlist: prompt. No clue for this one either. 5) I can see doing steps 1-4 above for the Main Distribution. Should I then Add entries for Contrib, Updates, and External Sources as shown on the plf.zarb.org website? 6) Once I have all the materials downloaded from the Internet, I speculate I would weekly go back to the Configure Sources dialog and Update the Internet sources I added in the preceding steps. I would then expect to use RpmDrake to install new software and to use Mandrake Update to install the updates to existing software on my machine. Do I have the procedure and concepts down correctly? Thanks for the assistance. One of the main reasons I came to Linux was to be able to keep my OS current without spending an arm and a leg every 2 years. I love having *capacity* and *no limits*, even if I don't use them. Charles Moore's FORTH language is good, but being able to interact with others is better. :) The Other
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