heh...forgot to mention Stew's caveats about using the RPMS from WTFO site. If you search the archive for cooker, you should find a message from Stew about not using some of the packages for production systems. But I believe the mirrors' version is ok to use. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I've used some of the packages without a problem.
dc While emailing instead of doing something productive on 10/19/01 9:14 AM, David Cheng wrote: > I believe you can download them from the mirrors as well. For example, I > usually use the unc.edu mirror, and if you start from the iso directory, you > can backtrack to the directory with the RPMS. I believe it's > http://jungle.metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake-deve > l/cooker/ppc/Mandrake/RPMS/ > > And I believe Stew also has some updated RPMS at > ftp://ftp.wtfo.com/pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/ppc/Mandrake/ > > I've never gotten the security site updates to work, but I haven't tried for > a while. > > HTH, > dc > > While emailing instead of doing something productive on 10/19/01 8:29 AM, > Rafael Pereira Rigues wrote: > >> Hi everyone! >> >> I've been a "ghost reader" of this list since it was announced, and just >> yesterday I had the chance to finally install Mandrake 8 on my Rev. B >> iMac. It's a wonderfull distro, one of the best ones I've ever used. It >> autodetected and configured my printer, my USB zip drive, my USB >> joystick, my dial-up connection, and finally I have accelerated video on >> my ATI Mach 64 (bye, bye, framebuffer!). However, I only have the first >> CD, and some development packages aren't on it. I'm downloading the >> second disc right now, but my connection is slow and it will take a >> while to finish the download. Question: Is there an FTP server were I >> can download just the missing packages (like XFree86-devel) that I want? >> The ones I checked only have the ISO. >> >> Also, it's me or there's no source for security updates yet? When I try >> to update the mirror list on the RPM tool, it comes empty. >> >> PS: Anyone had luck installing Ximian Gnome with the YellowDog / >> LinuxPPC packages? I'm a HUGE Ximian Gnome fan, and I don't like the >> default Mandrake setup. If anyone does have some tips to share, i'll be >> glad to hear them. > > >
