Re: [newbie] Burning CD - not from ISO
I have all the time in the world :-) I would like to avoid having to download 2*650 MB. I don't need support for any other languages, for a start. I just don't know what I need for the base system, and where I should put them. Ardavan If that's the case you could make a directory on your hard disk and download the entire tree onto your local drive. Yes...thats correct I said the entire tree. For the install at least you will need to the entire tree from the FTP site. I would think that would include everything under the 7.2 distribution directory depending upon which FTP server you're connecting to for this bohemuth of a task. And it IS a big one. All the more reason that you might want to consider ordering the CD's from some place like Cheapbytes. $3.99US for both CD's and no worries. But, if downloading 1.2GB of data is what you're into, then by all means...have at it. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
[newbie] Burning CD - not from ISO
Greetings! I am new to this list, and to Mandrake/Linux as well. My first question (even before installing): what files do I need to download from ftp from the 'RPMS' directory for CD 1? (the directory is 1,08 GB all together - too much for a single CD). How can I make the disc bootable? Farewell! Ardavan
Re: [newbie] Burning CD - not from ISO
On Monday 15 January 2001 07:00 pm, you wrote: Greetings! I am new to this list, and to Mandrake/Linux as well. My first question (even before installing): what files do I need to download from ftp from the 'RPMS' directory for CD 1? (the directory is 1,08 GB all together - too much for a single CD). How can I make the disc bootable? Farewell! Ardavan Ardavan, The best thing you can do is order the CD's from http://www.cheapbytes.com If that isn't an option for you then you can download the ISO files from anyone of the many mirrors listed at the Linux Mandrake site, then burn them onto some Cd's. Grabbing them from an FTP server is a very time consuming process and something that I personally haven't done for quite some time. Something I definatetly wouldn't want to do again since its a very tedious task verifying every directory and file to make sure you've got everything. You could also very likely get someone here on the list to burn you a few CD's for just a few bucks. There had been a fella on here who was doing that a while back. Don't know if he's still here or not. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [newbie] Burning CD - not from ISO
If that isn't an option for you then you can download the ISO files from anyone of the many mirrors listed at the Linux Mandrake site, then burn them onto some Cd's. Grabbing them from an FTP server is a very time consuming process and something that I personally haven't done for quite some time. Something I definatetly wouldn't want to do again since its a very tedious task verifying every directory and file to make sure you've got everything. I have all the time in the world :-) I would like to avoid having to download 2*650 MB. I don't need support for any other languages, for a start. I just don't know what I need for the base system, and where I should put them. Ardavan
