On Friday 18 Jul 2003 2:45 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:Well there is nothing there now since clicking around with it I've removed everything
Anne Wilson wrote:Use mcc Software Manager. There's a button to remove entries.
On Friday 18 Jul 2003 11:37 am, John Richard Smith wrote:How do you do that then ?
Anne Wilson wrote:John, did you remove all the old entries first?
On Friday 18 Jul 2003 7:10 am, John Richard Smith wrote: John, I understand your frustration, but I did not intend to be cryptic. It seems to me that, as others have suggested, you have somehow upset your sources database. I would suggest that you remove them all, replace them as shown below, then use plf's easy_urpmi to add back external sources. I think it was Charlie who sent the following to me:
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{LOOK below the next paragraph first Anne} At the root prompt in a terminal:
urpmi.addmedia --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/
with CD1 in the drive it should do what you want. You may have to use the force argument though. Thusly; urpmi.addmedia -f --distrib and so on. Note; there are indeed two (2) hyphens before distrib. You can find the available commands without digging through the man pages for urpm by using urpmi.(addmedia or some other use) -h to get a help screen. Not a lot of information there but it may remind you of the correct command you're digging for. The BASH history may also help if you have used the relevant command recently (the last 50 entries) since it's already there to be rerun. Since this is a new install you probably don't have the command in your history on that machine but one of the others.....?
I'm also wondering if the other command line "shortcut" would help at all. Insert the first install CD in the drive and at the root prompt:
urpmi.update cdrom8
even though that was specifically for CDs containing hdlists that weren't properly loaded by the installer, causing an "everything already installed" in RPMDrake; or not listing packages properly. Worth trying maybe? This is the one from the Mandrake 9.0 errata page here;
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/ru/errata.php3 </quote>
Anne
urpmi.addmedia --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/ ?
I know you used the force flag, but it doesn't look as though you gave the whole command.
Anne
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi.addmedia --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/ unable to access first installation medium [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi.addmedia -f --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/ unable to access first installation medium [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
and yes I've got the CD1 disc in the drive. seems like it cannot find media, so lets try the writer instead, right move the media over to writer, and, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi.addmedia -f --distrib file://mnt/cdrom2/ unable to access first installation medium [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
nope, no better [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom mount: block device /dev/scd0 is write-protected, mounting read-only [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]#
looks good to me, [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cd /mnt/cdrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# ls autorun.inf images/ isolinux/ misc/ VERSION COPYING index.htm LICENSE.txt pkg-9.1-Bamboo-i586.idx doc/ install.htm live_update* README.txt dosutils/ INSTALL.txt Mandrake/ RPM-GPG-KEYS [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]#
so it's a fully working dvd/rom drive able to read media
now,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]# urpmi.addmedia -f --distrib file://mnt/cdrom/
copying hdlists file...
...copying done
added medium Installation CD 1 (x86)
added medium Installation CD 2 (x86)
added medium International CD (x86)
copying source hdlist (or synthesis) of "Installation CD 1 (x86)"...
...copying done
examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86).cz]
copying source hdlist (or synthesis) of "Installation CD 2 (x86)"...
...copying done
examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86).cz]
copying source hdlist (or synthesis) of "International CD (x86)"...
...copying done
examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.International CD (x86).cz]
performing second pass to compute dependencies
examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Installation CD 1 (x86).cz] built hdlist synthesis file for medium "Installation CD 1 (x86)" examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.Installation CD 2 (x86).cz] built hdlist synthesis file for medium "Installation CD 2 (x86)" examining hdlist file [/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.International CD (x86).cz] built hdlist synthesis file for medium "International CD (x86)" found 0 headers in cache removing 0 obsolete headers in cache write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cdrom]#
Now that looks better,
but what exactly is going on ?
Could someone explain the process is, what it does, and what it achieves.
Obviously I've now got something called a headlist, well what is that ?
Clearly my system is having problems mounting the drive, and under automount, yet I don't have problems with desktop icons, and other apps. so whatever is going on it has to be something in the way URPMI is trying to access my drives !!
John
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