RE: Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-25 Thread Rafael Pereira Rigues
Of Rafael Pereira Rigues Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 11:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mandrake packages / FTP server. Hi everyone! I've been a ghost reader of this list since it was announced, and just yesterday I had the chance to finally install Mandrake 8 on my Rev. B iMac

RE: Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-24 Thread Jonathan Sailor
: Mandrake packages / FTP server. Hi everyone! I've been a ghost reader of this list since it was announced, and just yesterday I had the chance to finally install Mandrake 8 on my Rev. B iMac. It's a wonderfull distro, one of the best ones I've ever used. It autodetected and configured my printer, my

Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-19 Thread Rafael Pereira Rigues
Hi everyone! I've been a ghost reader of this list since it was announced, and just yesterday I had the chance to finally install Mandrake 8 on my Rev. B iMac. It's a wonderfull distro, one of the best ones I've ever used. It autodetected and configured my printer, my USB zip drive, my USB

Re: Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-19 Thread Rafael Pereira Rigues
Ouch!!! The idea to backtrack didn't occur to me. Lesson: Never try to find something on an FTP server at 02:00 AM :) Thanks! On Fri, 2001-10-19 at 14:14, David Cheng wrote: I believe you can download them from the mirrors as well. For example, I usually use the unc.edu mirror, and if

Re: Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-19 Thread David Cheng
heh...forgot to mention Stew's caveats about using the RPMS from WTFO site. If you search the archive for cooker, you should find a message from Stew about not using some of the packages for production systems. But I believe the mirrors' version is ok to use. Someone can correct me if I'm

RE: Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-19 Thread Rafael Pereira Rigues
On Fri, 2001-10-19 at 14:18, Sean Fay wrote: Secondly, on the ximian thing ... it took a while but I got it installed, many many and many dependencies forced me to use the 2nd cd and also the updates ftp sites but after about a day of this I finally got it installed and running. Remember

Re: Mandrake packages / FTP server.

2001-10-19 Thread Ben Reser
On Fri, Oct 19, 2001 at 01:29:19PM -0200, Rafael Pereira Rigues wrote: Also, it's me or there's no source for security updates yet? When I try to update the mirror list on the RPM tool, it comes empty. There is a bug in rpmdrake that stops this from working. Supposedly if you install the