Re: [expert] upgrading mandrake 8
El Vie 01 Jun 2001 19:26, escribiste: Hi, How do you do a software upgrade in mandrake 8 using an internet connection? Before in mandrake 7.1 there was a list of mirrors but in 8 I cannot get the list of mirrors. Thank you Oscar Hi, Oscar. I suppose what you need is: - Select Define fonts button (or Define sources, my program is in spanish and says definir fuentes=o) - Select New - In font type (or source type tipo de fuente) select Security Updates (Actualizaciones de seguridad). - And now you are able to update the list of mirrors and select the best one. On the other hand, you can start the program MandrakeUpdate from a xterm. It will start rpmdrake (or similar:) in update mode. Otherwise, you need select Only updates in rpmdrake. Salu2! Oscar
Re: [expert] upgrading mandrake 8
On Friday 01 June 2001 01:26 pm, Rivera, Oscar wrote: Oscar: Chek the Download section. You have a choice between ISO and RPMs. If you want to do your upgrade over the Internet (i.e., without burning a CD from an ISO image), you can make a bootable floppy with a network image (look for network.img, I think). There's a dd command to make the floppy, but I don't remember what it is. Someone here posted it, and maybe they can post it again for you. Anyway, after you make the bootable floppy, boot with it, and hit F1 at the first screen, then type all at the boot: prompt. It'll ask you where you want to download from, so you pick the FTP site you want, with the path to the directory containing the files the network image needs. (the path is to the i586 directory, in my case). The it'll lead you through the install, just as if you've been using a CD. One word of warning: In order for the network install to be workable, you need a fast connection on a speedy ftp site. I had a lot of trouble upgrading in the afternoon because the ftp server I was using kept dropping me. Hi, How do you do a software upgrade in mandrake 8 using an internet connection? Before in mandrake 7.1 there was a list of mirrors but in 8 I cannot get the list of mirrors. Thank you Oscar
Re: [expert] upgrading mandrake 8
On Friday 01 June 2001 12:26 pm, Rivera, Oscar wrote: Hi, How do you do a software upgrade in mandrake 8 using an internet connection? Before in mandrake 7.1 there was a list of mirrors but in 8 I cannot get the list of mirrors. If you mean with Software Manager, I had to go to the list of cooker mirrors http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 then load one in Konqueror, navigate to the /updates/8.0/RPMS dir, and then paste that URL into Software Manager. You're right, it was much easier to get a list of mirrors with 7.x's MandrakeUpdate. IIRC, the first time I used 8.0's updater, it did give me a list of mirrors. It was only when I changed mirrors I had to do what I described above. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
