Cool, so I can copy them from there to a temp folder in my /home and then if things go askew
as they do frequently I still have them after a reinstall. Thanks for the info.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan
Shoemaker
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 3:06 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] When is Mandrake posting KDE2.1 Final Release?
Dennis Myers wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, you wrote:
> > Hi everybody,
> >
> > Does any one know when Mandrake will start posting KDE2.1
> > Final Release? Will we be able use the update feature?
> > Or, is there an alternate ftp site?
>
> Hey Roman, I don't know how others do it but I use gftp
> from the KDE desktop to down load, that way I can save to a
> designated file, copy to a zip for future use and do the
> "rpm -Uvh *.rpm " from the saved file to load the new rpms.
> If I ever have to reinstall the zip files are waiting
> without having to go through a 56K modem d/l again. gftp
> also is capable of resume function so if you loose the
> connection you can pick it up where you left off.
Dennis....mandrakeupdate saves the rpms that it downoads and
installs in your /var/cache/grpmi directory.
--
Alan
