On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 14:34, Femme wrote: > or its just me being a twit again. > > I found that if i used the CLI to try to do "urpmi kernel-source" it > asks for CD1. Fine. Tried putting in cd1 several times & even the > other cds! No joy. Thought I'd try logging out & in again, nothing. > Ditto rebooting figureing maybe i'd screwed the pooch already. Nada. > > Used the GUI tool to do this, it asks for cd3! It worked fine! wtf? > Is urpmi borked? Or what...? > > I had to rewrite the cd in windows too btw because it seems linux > wouldn't read it as it was a bit scratched up. Windows read it fine > though...i'm kinda wondering about that one. Linux showed only half the > files that was supposed to be on it too. Go figure. > > Now to get UT2K3 installed somehow & My dual monitors working. Sigh
I think most of us have already seen this, mate. After you've completed your installation, you're supposed to "update" your "software sources" - some of us have chosen to just copy the three CD's locally to HD and never deal with slapping around CD's again...(and actually, it's a better bet that way...) -- Wed Jun 4 16:45:00 EST 2003 16:45:00 up 5 days, 1:54, 3 users, load average: 0.93, 0.94, 0.81 ----------------------------------------------------------------- | __ __ |kuhn media australia | | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ----------------------------------------------------------------- linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1 & RH 7.3 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * QOTD: "Overweight is when you step on your dog's tail and it dies."
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