Hi dereck; how can i in fact copy all the contants of the link into a folder ? shall i sellect all and right click and choose copy ? thanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] download and install MDK 10 > On Sunday 12 September 2004 20:32, othman El Moulat wrote: > > Hi guys; > > I have the Linux Mandrake 7.2 installed in my computer and i want to > > upgrade to mandrake 10... can i download it from internet ? > > I have an Internet ADSL connection configured to work with a Sagem Modem > > working on the windows M $ ;-) Actually i could not configured my mdk 7.2 > > to have internet connection for this ADSL modem(it needs mdk 9.0 or plus) I > > also don't have a CD burner... > > is there any way i can download the mdk 10 and install it in these > > circumstances ? > > > > thanks indeed for helping > > Hmm you have gone a long time between updates!! > You will find 10.0 has changed a lot since 7.2 :-) > > I have never tried it myself, but there is a way for you to install Mandrake > from a folder on a Windows hard drive. > > If you copy the whole of the Mandrake distribution (not the ISO image) into a > folder on your Windows partition. You can then create a boot floppy and > configure the floppy to boot from the hard drive. > > Here is a mirror to download the distro > ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/10.0/i586 > > Copy everything in this location into a Windows folder. > > Then read the instructions to create a boot floppy here > ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/10.0/i586/install.htm > > You must modify the boot floppy to boot from the hard drive. Instructions to > do that are here > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/hd_grub.cgi > > Then its just a matter of booting from the CD and Mdk 10.0 will (hopefully) > install. > > I hope that works. As I say I have never tried it. > > Good luck > > derek > > > -- > www.jennings.homelinux.net > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com ____________________________________________________
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