On Sunday 03 August 2003 04:04 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > >On Sunday 03 August 2003 10:04 am, ed tharp wrote: > >>On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 11:15, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>>=============================================================== > >>>Mandrake 9.2 Beta 1 Released. > >>>Mandrake Linux 9.2 Beta 1 has arrived to offer you the opportunity of > >>>summertime bug squashing. Join forces with the Mandrake Development team > >>>by installing the Beta then submitting bug reports. Remember: This > >>>release is for testing purposes only and is not suitable for production > >>>machines. Learn all the details: > >>>http://www3.mandrakelinux.com/en/92beta.php3 > >>> > >>> > >>>*http://www3.mandrakelinux.com/en/92beta.php3 > >>>======================================= > >>>How to report bugs* > >>>Bugs must be submitted to BugZilla <http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/> and > >>>technical discussions (for developers) are hosted on the Cooker mailing > >>>list. > >>> > >>>============================================================== > >>> > >>>So how does one in all practicle terms do this on a 56kdialup modem. > >>> > >>>By the time I've downloaded 3 iso's , done the md5sum's, written the > >>>iso's to disc, tested the discs to be faithful reproductions, installed > >>>OS, done a minimum of half a day's post install reconfiguring, to get > >>>it up and running, and then probably a week's fiddling around in all the > >>>apps looking for faults to report , mandrake have gone on to bets2 or > >>>beta3 releases. > >>> > >>>John > >> > >>Tom Brinkman has posted some directions (I think it may have been on the > >>expert list) about how to do this. basically it involves getting setup > >>and updating only as cooker is updated, and not re-downloading the > >>complete ISOs, just sucking down the changes. Search the archives for > >>"cooker update" ought to help > > > >Right, once you have the first beta d/l'd cooker updates work or you > > should be able to run "rsync" to cut down time to d/l new beta's or > > release candidates. Rsync only d/l's the changes. See "man rsync" or > > google cause there are some good tutorials on it. HTH > > So which is best , > slap in a repeat of my already configured and pretty well running M9.1 > using a drive image programme. > write a stanza to boot it. > and then urpmi that as far as possible, which would have to be done at > night as It's the only chance I have to get about 2 hours uniterrupted > install. > > or , > > download the 3 iso cd's and burn to disks and install etc. and then > urpmi this install. > > from my point of view the first option is quicker. > > > John I don't know for sure which is faster. I don't know for sure what the first is for. For Beta testing the d/l and then do a rsync on one of the mirrors for beta 2 , 3 etc would be faster. My guess, again not sure how much change will be made between betas. My $.02 -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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