On 20-Apr-01 faisal wrote:
> I am downloadin this mandrake 8 from ftp its not an ISO image mainly
> because
> i dont have a CD burner & burning a CD is a though job for me ...
> So i am downloading this i586 directory in mandrake cuase i only want
> the base system not the srmps... am i right here ?
> also tell me that how to install from this directory when it is on a
> Windows system ..... ?

What I did was download an iso, make a bootdisk (from the images
directory on the ftp), boot the bootdisk and install from the iso.
Went fine.
I guess you can do the same with the rpm's.
And no, you don't need the srpm's to install.

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Marcel Pol
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...my cow ate the CDs.


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