On Monday 15 January 2001 07:00 pm, you wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I am new to this list, and to Mandrake/Linux as well. My
> first question (even before installing): what files do I
> need to download from ftp from the 'RPMS' directory for CD
> 1? (the directory is 1,08 GB all together - too much for a
> single CD). How can I make the disc bootable?
>
> Farewell!
> Ardavan
Ardavan,
The best thing you can do is order the CD's from http://www.cheapbytes.com
If that isn't an option for you then you can download the ISO files from
anyone of the many mirrors listed at the Linux Mandrake site, then burn them
onto some Cd's. Grabbing them from an FTP server is a very time consuming
process and something that I personally haven't done for quite some time.
Something I definatetly wouldn't want to do again since its a very tedious
task verifying every directory and file to make sure you've got everything.
You could also very likely get someone here on the list to burn you a few
CD's for just a few bucks. There had been a fella on here who was doing that
a while back. Don't know if he's still here or not.
--
Mark
"If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless,"
"Sharing is what makes them powerful."
Linus Torvalds
