bascule wrote: > > hi, > did you mount the cd on /mnt/cdrom when adding it as a source? and did you > define it as a 'removable source'? I seem to not need to mount after I insert a CD as it auto mounts. How do I mount the CD once I have loaded the CD in the drive via a GUI please but I'll accept cmd line. I did declare it as a removable source though.
> i just did this with an old 8.0 cd and the > 8.0 packages are showing up in the 'installable' list, Lucky you, wanna trade places? > if you unmount the cd, > insert another. mount it and add as a source with a differnet name then using > the same mount point doesn't matter as software manager is aware the source > is removable media, as for ftp://rpmfind.net it appears that even though it > mirrors the RPMS directories for 8.1 and 8.2 it doesn't mirror the rest of > the distro files, Which basically means it doesn't hold the RPM's I need for Mdk 8.0? > try defining an ftp source with the url: > ftp.ciril.fr/pub1/linux/mandrake/8.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/ > > and the relative position of the hdlsi file as ../base/hdlist.cz I did it with 8.0 substituted for 8.2 in the above whilst I had to su to use the software manager and was off line and entered everything except a username and password. I then added it and clicked on reload lists and the source I had just added wasn't even probed before it filled the trees so I went back to defining the sources and saw that the entry I had just added had disappeared. I think it is time to reinstall personally but I know someone who has been getting me to change hundreds of files for configuration of this and that just isn't going to be happy. :( Asides from that I am not able to do a backup yet as my NIC isn't working. SHIT!! so I end up losing some very important email from my 'stable system. Arrrggghhh!!! > good luck seems like it missed me on this round -- =========================================================================== Hylton Conacher on KDE 2.1.1 on kernel 2.4.3-20mdk#1 Registered Linux user # 229959 on Mandrake 8 on an i686 (AMD 1 Ghz K7 mobo Licenced Windows user ===========================================================================
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