05/31/03 Hello All, No problem here, just an bit of good news. Was suggested that I post this to the list for your encouragement and edification. Or whatever floats your boat! :)
[prev]--------------------------- Last night I got Mandrake set up to do Security, Bug Fixes, and Normal updates. I then asked for everything to be installed, something like 258MB of files. I'm on a 56Kbs modem, so I went to bed. This morning it looks like the mirror site had booted me just before the updates would have finished. I was wondering if Mandrake had the sense to be able to find the files that had been downloaded so they could be installed, or if it was dumb and would re-download the files. Mandrake has sense. I'm going through the Mandrake Update panel and selecting each file to be updated singly. If the file is on my computer somewhere, Mandrake is performing the update. What a relief. I was afraid I'd lost 9+ hours of downloading. I was nearly through the Ghostscript update (a big file) when I was bumped. If Mandrake is really smart, it should continue the download from the place where it left off. I don't have time this morning to find out, but when I get back from work later today we'll see. [end prev]---------------------------- Haven't gone to work yet (catch up day), so here's the final update on this. Mandrake is smart; but not a genius. I had to download the entire Ghostscript file again. It's OK. The download and upgrade went smoothly. The Penguin Liberation Front (PLF) has an excellent FAQ at http://plf.zarb.org/faq.html On that page take the link to 'James Robinson's urpmi documentation (English)' and read/print it. Section 3 goes over the commands/tools, and Section 4 is worth it's weight in gold telling you were to find the configuration files and what's in them. The Other
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