Re: [expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

[et]

On Thursday 06 November 2003 11:47 pm, Dean S. Messing wrote:
snip
>
> et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  : I removed all the cd sources, and setup main, contrib, updates and plf
>  : as sources via ezurpmi at plf.
>
> That's what I'm in the process of trying to do now.
> I'm struggling with "urpmi" on the commandline but I'll get it
> eventually.
do this part from the GUI, much easier,imo, as root on the CLI, 'mcc', then or 
'K menu,>configuration, >configure your computer,>login as root,[now both are 
the same]> software manglememt, software media mangler, high light the cd and 
hit remove

> In fact just to force the issue I gave the 
> urpmi database a frontal lobotomy with `urpmi.removemedia -a'.
>
> So now I _must_ learn how to work urpmi!
>
> I didn't know that `ezurpmi' was working for 9.2.  The big red
> message at the top of  seems to
> say otherwise. I'll check it out.
>
>
> Thanks for help from both of you!
>
>   Dean S. Messing
>   Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab
>   Information Systems Technologies Dept.
>   Sharp Laboratories of America


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Re: [expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

[Dean S. Messing]

Comments are interspersed

Wobo wrote:
 : Dean S. Messing schrieb am Wed,  5 Nov 2003 17:58:40 -0800 (PST):
 : 
 : > 
 : > When downloading the Powerpack Ed. from the Club do I need to
 : > also d/l the 3 distribution CDs (making six CDs total)?
 : > 
 : > I ask because I only downloaded the 3 Powerpack CDs and I'm having
 : > all sorts of problems intalling the system.  Apparently some
 : > packages I've selected in the "individual package selection" are not
 : > on the three CDs I burned so I have no way to continue when it asks
 : > for"Sources CD 1" or  "Applications CD".
 : 
 : Problem is that the normal PowerPack consists of 7 CDs but the clubbies
 : were only offered the first 3 CDs. So in package selection you are able
 : to select packages which are on the commercial apps CD in the PowerPack
 : but not part of the download.

Why the deuce didn't they adjust the hdlist.cz files to match what
they provided to club members.  I shelled out $120 specifically so I
could download the Powerpack stuff and be off and running.  The least
Mandrake could have done for us "paying customers" is get the d/l
version correct instead of what appears to be a hack job.  But I won't
go into that now.

 : Simply speaking: You should not select any package which is in the
 : hdlist of number 4-7.

Right.

 : What can you do?
 : 
 : First you can have a look at the CDs with any filemanager, Linux or
 : Windows, no matter. Look into the directories "RPMS" and list the files
 : there. Then avoid typical commercial software in your package selection.

Ok, this  helps.  Thanks.  It also confirms what I've learned
in goofing around with this.

Since I get the digest form of this list I have to wait some time to
see replies.  Working into the wee hours last night I actually figured
some of this out on my own.

So, for example, on CD1 I find the file `pkg-9.2-FiveStar-i586.idx'
which has nice entries like:

 MandrakeLinux9.2-Sources-1 tetex-doc-2.0.2-10mdk.i586

Well, tetex-doc is one of the items I selecteded---hardly a commercial
application.  But "Sources-1" is not one of the three CDs provided to
Silver club members.  Thanks Mandrake!  (Why "tetex-doc" is considered
a "Source file" I have no idea.  It looks like someone said "hey,
there's some space left over here on the Sources-1 CD so lets just put
some of the leftovers there. ½-:))

I know, I know.  I could go over to the ftp site and download it by hand.
Let's not go there. :-)


 : If you have chosen something that will make installer to ask you to put
 : in a CD you don't have, click on "Cancel".
 : 
 : wobo

My memory may be failing me but, as I recall, when I did that it just
went to the next stage of the installation skipping the rest of the
install.  (There was about 1 min of software installation left on the
time slider.)

et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 : I removed all the cd sources, and setup main, contrib, updates and plf
 : as sources via ezurpmi at plf.

That's what I'm in the process of trying to do now.
I'm struggling with "urpmi" on the commandline but I'll get it
eventually.  In fact just to force the issue I gave the
urpmi database a frontal lobotomy with `urpmi.removemedia -a'.

So now I _must_ learn how to work urpmi!

I didn't know that `ezurpmi' was working for 9.2.  The big red
message at the top of  seems to
say otherwise. I'll check it out.  


Thanks for help from both of you!

  Dean S. Messing
  Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab
  Information Systems Technologies Dept.
  Sharp Laboratories of America

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Re: [expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

[et]

On Thursday 06 November 2003 02:47 am, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> Dean S. Messing schrieb am Wed,  5 Nov 2003 17:58:40 -0800 (PST):
> > When downloading the Powerpack Ed. from the Club do I need to
> > also d/l the 3 distribution CDs (making six CDs total)?
> >
> > I ask because I only downloaded the 3 Powerpack CDs and I'm having
> > all sorts of problems intalling the system.  Apparently some
> > packages I've selected in the "individual package selection" are not
> > on the three CDs I burned so I have no way to continue when it asks
> > for"Sources CD 1" or  "Applications CD".
>
> Problem is that the normal PowerPack consists of 7 CDs but the clubbies
> were only offered the first 3 CDs. So in package selection you are able
> to select packages which are on the commercial apps CD in the PowerPack
> but not part of the download.
>
> Simply speaking: You should not select any package which is in the
> hdlist of number 4-7.
>
> What can you do?
>
> First you can have a look at the CDs with any filemanager, Linux or
> Windows, no matter. Look into the directories "RPMS" and list the files
> there. Then avoid typical commercial software in your package selection.
>
> If you have chosen something that will make installer to ask you to put
> in a CD you don't have, click on "Cancel".
>
> wobo

I removed all the cd sources, and setup main, contrib, updates and plf as 
sources via ezurpmi at plf. 


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Re: [expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

[Wolfgang Bornath]

Dean S. Messing schrieb am Wed,  5 Nov 2003 17:58:40 -0800 (PST):

> 
> When downloading the Powerpack Ed. from the Club do I need to
> also d/l the 3 distribution CDs (making six CDs total)?
> 
> I ask because I only downloaded the 3 Powerpack CDs and I'm having
> all sorts of problems intalling the system.  Apparently some
> packages I've selected in the "individual package selection" are not
> on the three CDs I burned so I have no way to continue when it asks
> for"Sources CD 1" or  "Applications CD".

Problem is that the normal PowerPack consists of 7 CDs but the clubbies
were only offered the first 3 CDs. So in package selection you are able
to select packages which are on the commercial apps CD in the PowerPack
but not part of the download.

Simply speaking: You should not select any package which is in the
hdlist of number 4-7.

What can you do?

First you can have a look at the CDs with any filemanager, Linux or
Windows, no matter. Look into the directories "RPMS" and list the files
there. Then avoid typical commercial software in your package selection.

If you have chosen something that will make installer to ask you to put
in a CD you don't have, click on "Cancel".

wobo

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[expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

[Dean S. Messing]

When downloading the Powerpack Ed. from the Club do I need to
also d/l the 3 distribution CDs (making six CDs total)?

I ask because I only downloaded the 3 Powerpack CDs and I'm having
all sorts of problems intalling the system.  Apparently some
packages I've selected in the "individual package selection" are not
on the three CDs I burned so I have no way to continue when it asks for
"Sources CD 1" or  "Applications CD".

Any suggestions?  I can't simply avoid selecting certain packages
because I have no idea which packages are on which CD.  Any help will
be appreciated.

   Dean S. Messing
   Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab
   Information Systems Technologies Dept.
   Sharp Laboratories of America

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