On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 21:01, Joeb wrote: > Greg Meyer wrote: > > >On Wednesday 15 October 2003 11:25 pm, Joeb wrote: > > > > > >>Evidently, the 9.2 ISOs don't contain the kernel-sources. They exist > >>on the 9.2 tree on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs I DLd. Is it > >>just my CDs or were the ISOs bad (again). I can DL the sources, but > >>it would have been nice if they were included! Does anyone know of > >>any other files missing from the ISOs that are in the tree? > >> > >> > >> > >I downloaded the PowerPack iso's and it is on CD3 of that set. There is > >actually a lot of stuff in main that is not on the 3 cd's. It just > >won't all fit on 3 cd's. But if you set up a 9.2 mirror as a urpmi > >source, any package you want installed will be automatically downloaded > >and installed. > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > I understand that not everything can fit on the three CDs, but for the > basic 3 CD download set, the third CD isn't full, so it appears that > there would have been room. It's really pretty poor that the kernel > sources aren't included as many people need to compile things! I'm > wondering if and when the ISOs are put on FTP servers if this will be > fixed? If not, then a lot of people will be turned off by Mandrake. I > can only assume if people order CDs from Mandrake or CheapBytes that > they don't have a high speed connection. If that's the case, then > setting up a 9.2 mirror as a source won't work. Further more, as many > 9.1 mirrors are being deleted (as I type), it would mean that if you run > 9.2 longer than six months, you lose your ability to reinstall something > that wasn't on the CDs. > > Just my 2 cents. > > Joeb > >
My 3rd CD is 696 MB granted that 4 megs short of full but not enough for the kernel source. For that I recommend urpmi. James > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
