On Sun, 8 Dec 2002, Christopher Molnar wrote: > Hard drive space is not the major problem.... I have a local mirror of > cooker that is updated constantly. > > I'll tell you what the problem that I am running into is... Your > install ISO is great, however it seems there is a mismatch between the > modules that are in cooker mdkinst/lib. Here is a directory from a > mirror that was updated within the last 10 minutes: > > ======================================================================= > thebox:/lapback/Mandrake-devel2/cooker/ppc/Mandrake/mdkinst/lib # ls -l > total 19140 > drwxr-xr-x 2 200 200 4096 Dec 13 2001 . > drwxrwxr-x 5 200 200 4096 Dec 13 2001 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 100784 Dec 13 2001 ld.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 1084272 Dec 13 2001 libX11.so.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 80000 Dec 13 2001 libXext.so.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 34972 Dec 13 2001 libXi.so.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 66848 Dec 13 2001 libbz2.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 1293060 Dec 13 2001 libc.so.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 6444 Dec 13 2001 libcom_err.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 22456 Dec 13 2001 libcrypt.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 10620 Dec 13 2001 libdl.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 17228 Dec 13 2001 libe2p.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 96980 Dec 13 2001 libext2fs.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 273292 Dec 13 2001 libgdk-1.2.so.0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 158400 Dec 13 2001 > libgdk_imlib.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 205100 Dec 13 2001 libglib-1.2.so.0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 9952 Dec 13 2001 > libgmodule-1.2.so.0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 1847728 Dec 13 2001 libgtk-1.2.so.0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 172960 Dec 13 2001 liblvm.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 493164 Dec 13 2001 libm.so.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 74168 Dec 13 2001 libnewt.so.0.50 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 85084 Dec 13 2001 libnsl.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 13460 Dec 13 2001 libnss_dns.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 45364 Dec 13 2001 > libnss_files.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 44236 Dec 13 2001 libnss_nis.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 155764 Dec 13 2001 libpng.so.3 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 29916 Dec 13 2001 libpopt.so.0 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 67004 Dec 13 2001 libresolv.so.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 308116 Dec 13 2001 librpm-4.0.3.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 774640 Dec 13 2001 > librpmdb-4.0.3.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 129956 Dec 13 2001 > librpmio-4.0.3.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 441776 Dec 13 2001 libslang.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 8024 Dec 13 2001 libutil.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 11592 Dec 13 2001 libuuid.so.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 200 200 63236 Dec 13 2001 libz.so.1 > -rw-rw-r-- 1 200 200 2125055 Dec 13 2001 > modules.cz-2.2.19-10mdk > -rw-rw-r-- 1 200 200 5619623 Dec 13 2001 > modules.cz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT > -rw-rw-r-- 1 200 200 3437444 Dec 13 2001 > modules.cz-2.4.4-6.2mdk > thebox:/lapback/Mandrake-devel2/cooker/ppc/Mandrake/mdkinst/lib # > ======================================================================== > > and the ones on that the installer CD needs. I know that these files > should have been updated since last year. I think it was looking for > version 2.4.18-xx. > > Here is my mirror script: > > ======================== > rsync -azv --progress --delete --delete-excluded > sunsite.uio.no::Mandrake-devel /lapback/Mandrake-devel2 --exclude > "alpha/" --exclude "sparc/" --exclude "cookfire/" --exclude "i586" > --exclude "ia64/" --exclude "projects/" --exclude "7.2/" --exclude > "8.0/" --exclude "8.1/" > ======================== > > I am also always getting a message about a mismatched depslist to > hdlist. I am not sure if the mirror's are getting updated properly. > > I know Mandrake and I would really like to be using it on by iBook - > but 8.2 is way to old for me, I need some features in the new KDE, but > I do not have time to get halfway through another install and find that > I need to re-cover a prior installation - after formatting hard drives > (yes I do use backups - but that isn't the point). I am pretty much > stuck with OS/X until I can get a good cooker install :-( > > Would you be willing to entertain a suggestion? Is there anyway that we > could get a period of a few days where cooker is not changing and then > someone rebuild all files in the base directory so that those of us who > would really like to try to install it has somewhat of a chance? > > -Chris
Why do you think I'm making these ISO's? That cooker installer tree, as I've said many times, is broken, and it's not being updated. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
