On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 11:01, Paul wrote: > On Mon, 2004-03-22 at 17:48, John A. Sullivan III wrote: > > Pardon me if I am sounding a bit paranoid but it has been a very long > > weekend testing various alternatives to RedHat. There is a lot that I > > like about Mandrake but have found some things infuriating. I > > downloaded the three iso images and did not register. I wanted to see > > if our organization wanted to further investigate the Mandrake route > > before investing. > > > > I've had grief installing various packages as it looked for CD4 out the > > three CD's. > > > > When attempting to update, I could not connect and, upon further > > investigation, found that this was due to typographical errors in the > > update source paths from the Mandrake installation. > > > > I've finally gotten everything I need but it was a maddening process of > > figuring out how to use the source configurator and then downloading > > everything that was supposedly on CD4 from the ftp sites. > > > > I know that the commercial packages are not available without paid > > membership with Mandrake but kernel documentation and freeswan and > > tripwire are certainly no commercial (well at least the gpl'd > > tripwire). What is this fourth CD? Is there some intentional crippling > > for those who have not purchased a membership beyond the commercial > > software / license limitations? Thanks - John > > All you are likely to need are on the 3 ISOs, when installing just click > on 'cancel' when it asks for number 4. > > BTW, I'd recommend you use version 9.2 for evaluation purposes, 10 is > not yet considered stable enough for commercial distribution. > > Paul M. Thanks but what if you want to install some of the packages on CD4, e.g., tripwire or superfreeswan? -- John A. Sullivan III Chief Technology Officer Nexus Management +1 207-985-7880 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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