Sam Gentile wrote:
>
> This is NOT sufficient information to test it. Not all of us are experts but
> we NEED the features in Cassini badly. You need to add step by step
> instructions on the Cassini page on how to set up fmirror with a sample file
> going aggainst a valid MANDRAKE location, not RedHat. Also, even passive FTP
> does not work for me because I don't have a firewall per se. I have a
> Microsoft Proxy Server that I have to log into. When I bring up Netscape, it
> brings up a login box for the Proxy Server before I can get out on the
> Internet. Do I have to go to NT and use Bullet-Proof FTP and download it all
> and then transfer it. Then what? Install each package one by one?
>
> You also need instructions on what to do with the software if we don't have
> a CD ROM burner. How do we boot it? What do we put on floppies?
>
> If you are not willing to add this stuff, can someone please help me get
> this setup?
>
> Help!
> Sam Gentile
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gael Duval [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 6:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED];
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download
> and tests
>
> Aug, 31 1999 ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download
> and tests
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -
>
> We at MandrakeSoft are very pleased to announce that Linux-Mandrake
> 6.1pre (Cassini) is available now for download.
>
> This pre-release version has been made upon the stable parts of Cooker
> (the openly developed version). It is already available from several
> FTP mirrors. We encourage users to test it and report bugs by
> subscribing to the Cassini mailling-list:
>
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cassini/
>
> The purpose of Cassini is to improve the stability of Linux-Mandrake
> 6.1 which will be released next week pending the status of this beta
> test.
>
> * WHAT'S NEW IN MANDRAKE 6.1pre?
>
> - Linux Kernel 2.2.11-ac3 + 2.3.15
> - KDE 1.1.2 (last CVS)
> - XFree 3.3.4
> - New and improved MandrakeUpdate for an easy and automatic update of
> Mandrake.
> - New Linux4Windows system which allows the user to install Mandrake
> directly on top of a windows partition by avoiding the painful stage
> of repartitioning.
> - New and improved Desktops for KDE and Gnome with the famous
> "Mandrake Touch"
> - New easy secured access to maintenance programs (for users that know
> the root password), as well as the automatic detection of Windows
> partitions that puts a link on the desktop. Enjoy!
> - New, highly customized and powerful Apache 1.3.9 with mod_perl 1.21
> and extended PHP3.0.12. With this version of Apache, you can easily
> download and plug cryptographic module like open_ssl etc.
> - MySQL GPL version.
> - New pre-configurations for Emacs, XEmacs and Vi.
> - A bunch of new KDE applications and Gnome applications.
> - All the recent programs are upgraded and well configured.
>
> * HOW TO TEST IT?
>
> Everything is on:
>
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cassini/
>
> * ABOUT LINUX-MANDRAKE
>
> Linux-Mandrake is a user friendly Linux operating system, that can be
> used at home or in the office. Linux-Mandrake is 100% compatible with
> Red Hat(tm) Linux. Linux-Mandrake won two awards at LinuxWorld Expo in
> August 99 for Best Product of the Year and Best Linux
> Distribution/Server, and a was finalist for the Linux
> Distribution/Client Award. Linux-Mandrake 6.0 features the "Mandrake
> touch", MandrakeSoft's signature graphical interfaces that give users
> selected desktop icons including easy CD-Rom and floppy disk access
> and easy Internet upgrades using the "Mandrake Update" icon. It also
> features Pentium optimization with performance enhancement from 5 to
> 30%, scalable font support and KDE/Gnome. LinuxMall, the largest
> online reseller of Linux products, reports that Linux Mandrake was its
> best selling in July.
>
>
> --
> < Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
> < Mandrake 6.0 on http://www.linux-mandrake.com>
My condolences that you are stuck using MS's Proxy server. I would think
you could FTP from behind that. But.... lets say you can't. Use the
machine you are going to load Linux on. Use your favorite Windoze
program and download it to a partition. Download it to the root of that
partition. If you are booting from a later version of Win95 or win98 you
will need to boot by hitting F5 as soon as it says loading windows. If
it is NT you are on, boot with a floppy disk using any dos or dosemu
disk. Then go to dosutils\autoboot and type autoboot. Or... if you don't
want to do that, go to dosutils and use RAWRITE to make boot disks, and
boot that way. Either way you should then be able to install fine. I'd
give you step by steps on the fmirror, if I thought you could get it
past the proxy server.
