On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Leon Brooks wrote: > I'm happy to throw an RPM collection together from my existing archives but I > have (1) nowhere suitable to host it and (2) insufficient time to modify an > installer to take it into account (you would *have* to at least boot from it > and invoke a modified installer that knew about the extra CD/CDs). > > A general mechanism to allow `extension' or `bonus' CDs (including those not > from Mandrake, with an appropriate warning about mileage and variation) > during an install would be a fine addition to the installer, as would be the > ability to present a CD full of updates up front. >
A modified installer perhaps is a bit of work. But if one could add the extra CD to the rpmdrake source list, then for upgrading is just matter of rpm -F * afterwards, while for installing new things you cold use rpmdrake... Biagio
