Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:49:18 -0400 (EDT), daRcmaTTeR spaketh: > >On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > > > >>I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt > >>down multiple RPMs to install a new piece of software. > >>[snip] > > > > >um Matt... that is why Urpmi is part of the ditribution you've > >chosen to install on your system. Urpmi takes the misery out of > >having to hunt down the package you want to install that you're not > >sure which CD it's on. > > > >EX: urpmi some-package-name > > My installation must be incomplete. I am getting the error: > > unable to take medium "Updates for Mandrake Linux 8.2 (ftp1u)" into > account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.Updates for Mandrake > Linux 8.2 (ftp1u)] exists > > However, urpmi did popout the cd tray and asked me to insert the cd > where the rpm lives. Thanks for the tip. > > >Another very painless way you can do this very same thing is to use > >the systems software manager. It's called rpmdrake. This is the same > > little gem of a program that allows you to do the updates for your > >system. > >Get to know it. It's not the monster some would have you believe it > >is. > > Actually, it's not the monster it used to be in the 7.X series. > Thanks for re-aquainting me to it. No problem. :) As for your rpmdrake error it sounds as though there isn't an ftp server defined from which it will grab the updates from. usually the first time you run Mandrake Update it will tell you there aren't any servers defined and allow the opportunity to do so. have you done that before? -- daRmaTTeR Reg. Linux User #186492 "Stupidity has no moral high ground...it can't see that high!" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
I just wanted to thank you guys for this thread, it's one of the very few that are so awesome I save them in a special folder and copy the basic information over into my running journal of Linux knowledge. Thanks again. Isaac On Sunday 18 August 2002 23:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 23:11:30 -0400, Matthew O. Persico spaketh: > >>On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:30:32 -0400, tarvid spaketh: > >>[snip] > >> > >>>To make life easy would this work? > >> > >>I tried it; see below > >> > >>>mkdir /iso > >>>dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 > >> > >>This has to be changed to > >> > >>dd if/dev/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 > > gr! make that > dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 > > >>Ditto for cd2 and cd3 > >> > >>>mkdir /mnt/cd1 > >>>mkdir /mnt/cd2 > >>>mkdir /mnt/cd3 > >>> > >>>mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd1 /mnt/cd1 > >>>mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd2 /mnt/cd2 > >>>mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd3 /mnt/cd3 > >>> > >>>urpmi.addmedia file://mnt.cd1 > >> > >>This has to be changed to > >> > >>urpmi.addmedia 'mdk 8.2 cd1 iso' file://mnt/cd1 > >> > >>The name is required and the file:// spec had a typo. > >>Ditto for cd2 and cd3 > >> > >>Jim, thanks. This is so cool. Moreover, 'mdk 8.2 cd1 iso' also > >>showed up as a valid resource in rpmdrake. That means once you > >>install all three disks this way, you could remove the CD resources > >>from rpmdrake if you wanted. > >> > >>-- > >>Matthew O. Persico > > -- > Matthew O. Persico > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 23:11:30 -0400, Matthew O. Persico spaketh: >On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:30:32 -0400, tarvid spaketh: >[snip] >>To make life easy would this work? >I tried it; see below > >> >>mkdir /iso >>dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 >This has to be changed to > >dd if/dev/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 gr! make that dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 > >Ditto for cd2 and cd3 > >>mkdir /mnt/cd1 >>mkdir /mnt/cd2 >>mkdir /mnt/cd3 >> >>mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd1 /mnt/cd1 >>mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd2 /mnt/cd2 >>mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd3 /mnt/cd3 >> >>urpmi.addmedia file://mnt.cd1 >This has to be changed to > >urpmi.addmedia 'mdk 8.2 cd1 iso' file://mnt/cd1 > >The name is required and the file:// spec had a typo. >Ditto for cd2 and cd3 > >Jim, thanks. This is so cool. Moreover, 'mdk 8.2 cd1 iso' also >showed up as a valid resource in rpmdrake. That means once you >install all three disks this way, you could remove the CD resources >from rpmdrake if you wanted. > >-- >Matthew O. Persico > > > > -- Matthew O. Persico Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:30:32 -0400, tarvid spaketh: [snip] >To make life easy would this work? I tried it; see below > >mkdir /iso >dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 This has to be changed to dd if/dev/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 Ditto for cd2 and cd3 >mkdir /mnt/cd1 >mkdir /mnt/cd2 >mkdir /mnt/cd3 > >mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd1 /mnt/cd1 >mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd2 /mnt/cd2 >mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd3 /mnt/cd3 > >urpmi.addmedia file://mnt.cd1 This has to be changed to urpmi.addmedia 'mdk 8.2 cd1 iso' file://mnt/cd1 The name is required and the file:// spec had a typo. Ditto for cd2 and cd3 Jim, thanks. This is so cool. Moreover, 'mdk 8.2 cd1 iso' also showed up as a valid resource in rpmdrake. That means once you install all three disks this way, you could remove the CD resources from rpmdrake if you wanted. -- Matthew O. Persico Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
I think we are missing the point. With hard disk space ubiquitous and cheap, why not load them to the hard drive. To make life easy would this work? mkdir /iso dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/iso/cd1 ... dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/iso/cd2 ... dd if=/mnt/cdrom of=/iso/cd3 mkdir /mnt/cd1 mkdir /mnt/cd2 mkdir /mnt/cd3 mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd1 /mnt/cd1 mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd2 /mnt/cd2 mount -t iso9660 -o loop /iso/cd3 /mnt/cd3 urpmi.addmedia file://mnt.cd1 urpmi.addmedia file://mnt.cd2 urpmi.addmedia file://mnt.cd3 Jim Tarvid On Sunday 18 August 2002 09:49 pm, you wrote: > On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > > I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt down > > multiple RPMs to install a new piece of software. I have a 80GB hard > > drive. Is there a traditional place to which I should copy all the RPMS > > (/usr/src perhaps?) Or should I just make a new partition called /cds and > > copy them to /cds/cd1, /cds/cd2/ and /cds/cd3? > > > > -- > > Matt > > um Matt... that is why Urpmi is part of the ditribution you've chosen to > install on your system. Urpmi takes the misery out of having to hunt down > the package you want to install that you're not sure which CD it's on. > > EX: urpmi some-package-name > > If the package is on the CD's and you're logged in as root it will tell > you which CD to place in the Drive so you can install the package. If it's > not on the CD's then it won't know what you're talking about and it will > tell you so. > > Another very painless way you can do this very same thing is to use the > systems software manager. It's called rpmdrake. This is the same little > gem of a program that allows you to do the updates for your system. Get to > know it. It's not the monster some would have you believe it is. You can > also use the search function contained on it to search your system to see > if the package you're looking for is already on your system. > > Try one or both of these methods the next time you wish to install a > package that you think may be on the CD's, but you're not certain. I have > a feeling you'll be very pleasantly surprised. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:49:18 -0400 (EDT), daRcmaTTeR spaketh: >On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > >>I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt >>down multiple RPMs to install a new piece of software. >>[snip] > >um Matt... that is why Urpmi is part of the ditribution you've >chosen to install on your system. Urpmi takes the misery out of >having to hunt down the package you want to install that you're not >sure which CD it's on. > >EX: urpmi some-package-name My installation must be incomplete. I am getting the error: unable to take medium "Updates for Mandrake Linux 8.2 (ftp1u)" into account as no list file [/var/lib/urpmi/list.Updates for Mandrake Linux 8.2 (ftp1u)] exists However, urpmi did popout the cd tray and asked me to insert the cd where the rpm lives. Thanks for the tip. >Another very painless way you can do this very same thing is to use >the systems software manager. It's called rpmdrake. This is the same > little gem of a program that allows you to do the updates for your >system. >Get to know it. It's not the monster some would have you believe it >is. Actually, it's not the monster it used to be in the 7.X series. Thanks for re-aquainting me to it. -- Matthew O. Persico Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt down multiple RPMs >to install a new piece of software. I have a 80GB hard drive. Is there a traditional >place to which I should copy all the RPMS (/usr/src perhaps?) Or should I just make a >new partition called /cds and copy them to /cds/cd1, /cds/cd2/ and /cds/cd3? > > -- > Matt um Matt... that is why Urpmi is part of the ditribution you've chosen to install on your system. Urpmi takes the misery out of having to hunt down the package you want to install that you're not sure which CD it's on. EX: urpmi some-package-name If the package is on the CD's and you're logged in as root it will tell you which CD to place in the Drive so you can install the package. If it's not on the CD's then it won't know what you're talking about and it will tell you so. Another very painless way you can do this very same thing is to use the systems software manager. It's called rpmdrake. This is the same little gem of a program that allows you to do the updates for your system. Get to know it. It's not the monster some would have you believe it is. You can also use the search function contained on it to search your system to see if the package you're looking for is already on your system. Try one or both of these methods the next time you wish to install a package that you think may be on the CD's, but you're not certain. I have a feeling you'll be very pleasantly surprised. -- daRmaTTeR Reg. Linux User #186492 "Stupidity has no moral high ground...it can't see that high!" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where to stick the CDs?
On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 20:06, Matthew O. Persico wrote: > I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt down multiple RPMs >to install a new piece of software. I have a 80GB hard drive. Is there a traditional >place to which I should copy all the RPMS (/usr/src perhaps?) Or should I just make a >new partition called /cds and copy them to /cds/cd1, /cds/cd2/ and /cds/cd3? if you install in expert mode, you can label partitions whatever you want. I used to make a /rpms directory and mount it on it's own partition. This is handy for upgrades when some security fixes have already released. If you have a descent connection, try just loading an ftp site into your urpmi database and dumping your cd's. -- jason gmaestro.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Where to stick the CDs?
I am sick and tired of shuffling the 3cds whenever I have to hunt down multiple RPMs to install a new piece of software. I have a 80GB hard drive. Is there a traditional place to which I should copy all the RPMS (/usr/src perhaps?) Or should I just make a new partition called /cds and copy them to /cds/cd1, /cds/cd2/ and /cds/cd3? -- Matt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
