On Tuesday 09 January 2007 22:09, Ian wrote: > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 21:44, Simon Stephens wrote: > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 21:31, Ian wrote: > > > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 21:21, Simon Stephens wrote: > > > > I have just upgraded to 2007.0 and have the following problem. > > > > > > > > While setting up URPMI I followed the advice to urpmi.removemedia -a > > > > to reinitialize urpmi's setup. > > > > > > > > Bad Idea! > > > > > > > > I now cannot access my installation CDs so I have install any > > > > packages from the urpmi online mirrors which is fine for some things > > > > but slow. > > > > > > > > Can anybody tell me exactly how to get access to my CDs back either > > > > from the command line or, preferably, in Media Manager in MCC? > > > > > > > > Many thanks in advance for any help. > > > > > > Go into configure your computer, software management, select where > > > packages are downloaded from updating the system, click add.....and > > > I'll leave the rest to you :-) > > > Simply inserting the CDs (or dvd) should suffice and add the path. If, > > > you copied the CDs onto the drive, you'll find them > > > in /var/ftp/pub/Mandrivalinux/media/ > > > > Thanks for your reply. > > > > I've tried this but I need to know what to put in the boxes "Name" and > > "Path" > > Add custom, select removable media, put CD or DVD in drive. in my case it > would be /mnt/cdrom2/ or cdrom for path/mount point. You can browse for > the mount point for your drive. > Tick the relative path to synthesis/hdlist and put > in /media_info/synthesis.hdlist.cz and that should be it.
Thanks Ian for your help Not having much luck here! Tried various permutations (the program insists on an entry in the name box) but nothing quite works - here are a couple of error messages. unable to add medium, errors reported: copy of [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.2007.0-Powerpack-i586-disc1.cz] failed (file is suspiciously small) ...copying failed Unable to update medium, errors reported: copy of [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.2007.0-Powerpack-CD1.cz] failed (file is suspiciously small) ...copying failed Unable to build synthesis file for medium "2007.0-Powerpack-CD1". Your hdlist file may be corrupted. I'll try again tomorrow. Simon ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
