Re: [expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
From: "Rob Blomquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Saturday 15 November 2003 4:01 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: > > > As stated before... > > They are the same as the ISO's on the MandrakeClub and the ones shipped > > of to paying customers... > > Ummm. I tried to upgrade my laptop with 9.2 by ftp this evening. I used the > pcmcia.img from my club isos, and when I tried to start an FTP download, I > got a complaint for an image with a good package list. The one from the ftp > server works perfectly, however. > > The balk occurred when the kernel was attempted to be downloaded, so it > appears that there is a kernel version number change. > Well, the installer kernel on the mirror ftp tree is using 21mdk kernels, so you *must* download the floppy images from the ftp site to make it work Regards Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
On Saturday 15 November 2003 4:01 am, Thomas Backlund wrote: > As stated before... > They are the same as the ISO's on the MandrakeClub and the ones shipped > of to paying customers... Ummm. I tried to upgrade my laptop with 9.2 by ftp this evening. I used the pcmcia.img from my club isos, and when I tried to start an FTP download, I got a complaint for an image with a good package list. The one from the ftp server works perfectly, however. The balk occurred when the kernel was attempted to be downloaded, so it appears that there is a kernel version number change. Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
Op zaterdag 15 november 2003 15:21, schreef Richard Urwin: > I may be wrong, but the GIF image appears to be marked on the site as > HTML/Text. It took a couple of tries to read it because it needs to be > saved to local storage, just clicking on it doesn't work... > > Doesn't this mean that windows users will get LF/CR fixups when they try to > download it? If so only Linux users will be able to view it. I haven't > tried it, so I might be talking rubbish. It's the same for the firmware updates: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=crd-8322b linux.zip; Content-Type: text/html However, Internet Explorer honours the file name extension rather than the content-type, meaning that the gif looks probably better in IE than it does in Konqueror (text, indeed), but only because IE and the LG content management system are broken in concurrent ways! Interesting parallel here. Stefan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
On Saturday 15 Nov 2003 1:11 pm, Stefan Rijnhart wrote: > Op zaterdag 15 november 2003 13:01, schreef Thomas Backlund: > > It's better that people actually fix their broken h/w ASAP... > > as this is a vulnerability that could be exploited by > > maliciuos programs... > > Good point. Btw, LG does not seem to think so, tagging their firmware > updates as 'For Mandrake Linux 9.2 Installation Only' :-( I may be wrong, but the GIF image appears to be marked on the site as HTML/Text. It took a couple of tries to read it because it needs to be saved to local storage, just clicking on it doesn't work... Doesn't this mean that windows users will get LF/CR fixups when they try to download it? If so only Linux users will be able to view it. I haven't tried it, so I might be talking rubbish. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
Op zaterdag 15 november 2003 13:01, schreef Thomas Backlund: > It's better that people actually fix their broken h/w ASAP... > as this is a vulnerability that could be exploited by > maliciuos programs... Good point. Btw, LG does not seem to think so, tagging their firmware updates as 'For Mandrake Linux 9.2 Installation Only' :-( Still, as someone who is concerned with promoting Linux on the desktop for the computer-illiterate, I regret having to remark 'Installing this user friendly operating system can render your cd-rom drive unusable' , instead of 'Although this is an LG friendly installer, your drive might still be vulnerable. Please proceed as follows' cheers, Stefan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
From: "Stefan Rijnhart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > Mandrake has now released the public isos of 9.2 on their ftp sites. > > Does anybody know if this release is based on the LG-friendly, updated kernel? > In the root of the download location, there is a README.LG file, that tells > the user to update their CD ROM firmware before installing 9.2 > As stated before... They are the same as the ISO's on the MandrakeClub and the ones shipped of to paying customers... > Of course, I am aware of the fact that LG is to blame. Still, updated boot > images would constitute a good fix, imho. If these new boot images exist, > would it be possible for me to get them without downloading a whole iso? > It's better that people actually fix their broken h/w ASAP... as this is a vulnerability that could be exploited by maliciuos programs... -- Regards Thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake releases public isos: updated boot images, anyone?
Hi, Mandrake has now released the public isos of 9.2 on their ftp sites. Does anybody know if this release is based on the LG-friendly, updated kernel? In the root of the download location, there is a README.LG file, that tells the user to update their CD ROM firmware before installing 9.2 Of course, I am aware of the fact that LG is to blame. Still, updated boot images would constitute a good fix, imho. If these new boot images exist, would it be possible for me to get them without downloading a whole iso? cheers, Stefan. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
