Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 18 July 2004 12:23 pm, Angus Auld wrote: > > Sorry to butt in. Whatever apps are available from CD4, plus a lot more. > > are still available from the mirror sites and other locations. The > > exception is Club packages, you're on your own for those. > > > > Cancel CD4 during the installation, after the installation remove it from > > the list of package sources and add a "main" and a "contrib" source from > > one of the mirrors. urpmi will pull from whichever source it finds the > > package you want from first so that shouldn't hamper regular stuff > > available from the disks. > > > > The only packages I have had trouble installing during fresh installs > > recently were ones the CD drive couldn't read. Written at a conservative > > 18x on an A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST > > GCE-8525B. > > > > The new LG was trash. It happens. > > Hey Charlie, thanks for the info. I just noted what you say > to be the case indeed. I was trying to install eslrahc.com's > k3b package and rpmdrake told me it couldn't unless I inserted > cdrom4. It needed libid3_3.8_3-3.8.3-6mdk, which it wanted > cdrom4 to access. I searched a main source mirror, and guess > what?..there was the libid3 I needed. Go figure. Amazing how that works isn't it? It's easy to add Charles site, just click the link in his signature, pick your version and follow his easy urpmi add instructions. His link is: http://www.eslrahc.com/ > Do the main mirrors have all of the packages from all 4 cd's? > Regardstake care. Since Mandrake Linux is intended to be *totally* GPL compliant yes. The only exceptions are driver and evaluation packages on the power pack Cd's. Those are generally binary only. There are actually more toys available from the main and contrib sources than the "4" disk download editions or the power packs anyway. I have a copy of the 10.0 Official tree on one hard drive. Including updates but excluding the ISOs it's 6.7 GB total. I just used it with the boot.iso from the images directory to install the system I'm writing this on. Slicker than greased owl $h!t. Fast too. Think about _that_ next time you wonder which has more packages. (-: Just kidding Angus. Peace; Charlie > PS. I recently purchased a LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. :-|| > Mine seems to be working OK for my purposes though. > Since the price is right for those drives I'll keep using them. I just got one bad one out of roughly the last 30 to 40 that I've used. Mass production and Murphy's law in operation. Still that's the first bad one I've had since they were first available locally. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk 12:36:53 up 10:22, 0 users, load average: 3.62, 3.20, 3.03 Information Center, n.: A room staffed by professional computer people whose job it is to tell you why you cannot have the information you require. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+sZnZqvqlrLPr5YRAjyVAJ92uJOBbvIZRGfrxlzCAFz2olwU/QCgl6mN IwqMcSScb88DME6oinnsmcA= =Klbd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
- Original Message - From: Charlie Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 09:45:21 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 18 July 2004 08:25 am, Todd Slater wrote: > > > Josenildo, are you talking about installing Mandrake in general or Balsa > > in particular? I installed 10.0 without a hitch, but there were many > > apps i wanted to install that were on cd 4, so urpmi didn't work. I did > > eventually find what I was looking for online, it just wasn't as > > convenient as urpmi. > > > > Todd > > Sorry to butt in. Whatever apps are available from CD4, plus a lot more. are > still available from the mirror sites and other locations. The exception is > Club packages, you're on your own for those. > > Cancel CD4 during the installation, after the installation remove it from the > list of package sources and add a "main" and a "contrib" source from one of > the mirrors. urpmi will pull from whichever source it finds the package you > want from first so that shouldn't hamper regular stuff available from the > disks. > > The only packages I have had trouble installing during fresh installs recently > were ones the CD drive couldn't read. Written at a conservative 18x on an > A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. > > The new LG was trash. It happens. > > Regards; > Charlie >*** Hey Charlie, thanks for the info. I just noted what you say to be the case indeed. I was trying to install eslrahc.com's k3b package and rpmdrake told me it couldn't unless I inserted cdrom4. It needed libid3_3.8_3-3.8.3-6mdk, which it wanted cdrom4 to access. I searched a main source mirror, and guess what?..there was the libid3 I needed. Go figure. Do the main mirrors have all of the packages from all 4 cd's? Regardstake care. --Angus PS. I recently purchased a LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. :-|| Mine seems to be working OK for my purposes though. "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." -- James Thurber *** ~Linux Powered by Mandrake 10.0~ *** ~Reg. Linux User #278931~ *** -- _ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 18 July 2004 08:25 am, Todd Slater wrote: > Josenildo, are you talking about installing Mandrake in general or Balsa > in particular? I installed 10.0 without a hitch, but there were many > apps i wanted to install that were on cd 4, so urpmi didn't work. I did > eventually find what I was looking for online, it just wasn't as > convenient as urpmi. > > Todd Sorry to butt in. Whatever apps are available from CD4, plus a lot more. are still available from the mirror sites and other locations. The exception is Club packages, you're on your own for those. Cancel CD4 during the installation, after the installation remove it from the list of package sources and add a "main" and a "contrib" source from one of the mirrors. urpmi will pull from whichever source it finds the package you want from first so that shouldn't hamper regular stuff available from the disks. The only packages I have had trouble installing during fresh installs recently were ones the CD drive couldn't read. Written at a conservative 18x on an A-Open 52x24x52, read for install in a new LG HL-DT-ST GCE-8525B. The new LG was trash. It happens. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User #244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-15mdk 09:14:33 up 7:00, 0 users, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.00 If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+psRZqvqlrLPr5YRAmu/AJ9TKqZxEa6cnQyj5ryViWqpIxnonwCfTSGl U0kLp66cp6y8ErMCZCh2TCw= =ITF/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] cdrom4 woes
On Sunday 18 Jul 2004 14:32, Angus Auld wrote: > Greetings all, > I am stumped as to how to get around the "insert cdrom4" > message when I try to install some softwares with rpmdrake. There is a 4 CD pack for members of Mandrake's website... Otherwise everyone else has a 3 CD pack HTH Elwyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] cdrom4 woes
Greetings all,
I am stumped as to how to get around the "insert cdrom4"
message when I try to install some softwares with rpmdrake.
I do not have cdrom4, and therefore cannot insert it. Is there
some way to get around this??
Google hasn't been a lot of help.
I tried disabling cdrom4 in software manager, and that didn't help.
I also tried using "urpmi --excludemedia cdrom4 {package name}",
but that proved fruitless as well. :-((
I am a bit less than impressed.
What am I missing?
Many TIA's for any feedback on this.
Best regards.
--Angus
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around
in awareness." -- James Thurber
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