RE: [newbie] 9.2 rc2 booting problem

2003-09-29 Thread ninjaqueen
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Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-15 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sunday September 14 2003 01:32 am, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: Anyway, ya just gotta ask yourself why t'hell you would want, or would need to regularly update everything with force an nodeps in the first place (?) Specially cooker Is anyon

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-14 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 14 September 2003 08:32, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Is anyone reading my posts? > > urpmi -v --auto-select --allow-nodeps --allow-force --no-verify-rpm Wasn't really my point I was just trying to show how Mandrake ppl/coders try to protect us. The "rm"/alias example was just that, an ex

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday September 14 2003 01:32 am, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > > Anyway, ya just gotta ask yourself why t'hell you would want, > > or would need to regularly update everything with force an > > nodeps in the first place (?) Specially cooker > Is anyone reading my posts?

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-14 Thread Aron Smith
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 00:29, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 09:44, Aron Smith wrote: > > > ever hear of an air conditioner (just for the 'puters of course ;-) > > Did I mention that I live in Australia? > We try very hard to do what's called "conserve" energy here...as in > drying ou

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-14 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 09:44, Aron Smith wrote: > ever hear of an air conditioner (just for the 'puters of course ;-) Did I mention that I live in Australia? We try very hard to do what's called "conserve" energy here...as in drying our clothing on a "line" outside; as in having two different ways

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-14 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday September 13 2003 04:41 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:59 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: I know cause I just did it using Tom B.s instructions. basically it wou

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday September 13 2003 04:41 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:59 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: I know cause I just did it using Tom B.s instructions. basically it would be urpmi --update -

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Saturday September 13 2003 05:59 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:26, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I should clarify that --allow-force and --allow-nodeps does not automatically install without checking dependencies or

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday September 13 2003 05:59 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > >On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:26, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > >>I should clarify that --allow-force and --allow-nodeps does not > >>automatically install without checking dependencies or force an > >> install.

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday September 13 2003 04:41 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > HaywireMac wrote: > >On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:59 -0500 > > > >Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >>I know cause I just did it using Tom B.s instructions. > > > >basically it would be urpmi --update --auto-select? > > Here'

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:26, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I should clarify that --allow-force and --allow-nodeps does not automatically install without checking dependencies or force an install. Actually it does! check all the aliases to find out where Mdk does all th

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 08:21, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > Yer jest beeun a slacker. A bludger. LayZee. Fraidy Kat. Chick-IN! > > Kin hear'um cluckin' all the way down hyah! Bwawk buck buck buck! > > Yay, where you been lately? > > Some nice long

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread HaywireMac
On Sun, 14 Sep 2003 00:35:30 +0200 "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Actually it does! check all the aliases to find out where Mdk does all > the handholding. > > Thatway you'll find out why "rm -r xxx" is a PITA on mdk:o) > > "rm -f xxx" solves that BTW or change the aliases. If you

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:26, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > I should clarify that --allow-force and --allow-nodeps does not > automatically install without checking dependencies or force an install. Actually it does! check all the aliases to find out where Mdk does all the handholding. Thatway

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:41:20 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: Here's what I use to update. urpmi -v --auto-select --allow-nodeps --allow-force --no-verify-rpm -v to see everything that going on --auto-select to update everything that needs to be updated -

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 14 September 2003 00:15, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > Yer jest beeun a slacker. A bludger. LayZee. Fraidy Kat. Chick-IN! > Kin hear'um cluckin' all the way down hyah! Bwawk buck buck buck! Yay, where you been lately? Some nice long threads over on expert we could've needed your expert help. Ge

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2003-09-14 at 07:52, HaywireMac wrote: > Cool! This is a keeper, fer sure, but it looks like I saved my 9.1 > install, so no excuse for me to upgrade now :-( > > I'm sure I'll find an excuse when the final comes out tho! > > Cheers! Yer jest beeun a slacker. A bludger. LayZee. Fraidy Ka

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:41:20 -0400 Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Here's what I use to update. > > urpmi -v --auto-select --allow-nodeps --allow-force --no-verify-rpm > > -v to see everything that going on > --auto-select to update everything that needs to be updated > --allow-

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Brant Fitzsimmons
HaywireMac wrote: On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:59 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: I know cause I just did it using Tom B.s instructions. basically it would be urpmi --update --auto-select? Here's what I use to update. urpmi -v --auto-select --allow-nodeps --allow-force --no-

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Saturday 13 September 2003 23:21, HaywireMac wrote: > basically it would be urpmi --update --auto-select? Oh gawd, when you piss, you want us to hold it too? ;o) Jess pulling yer leg...but hell, take some chances, man! We're always there to say: "Told ya so!", if you mess up. Good luck, H

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread HaywireMac
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 16:09:59 -0500 Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > I know cause I just did it using Tom B.s instructions. basically it would be urpmi --update --auto-select? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++

Re: [newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 13 September 2003 03:40 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > From other threads on here, I get the impression that if I install 9.2 > RC2, I can eventually just use urpmi to update it so that it is > essentially the full release, no? Yes you can, but from the rc2 release you will update about 150 r

[newbie] 9.2 RC2

2003-09-13 Thread HaywireMac
>From other threads on here, I get the impression that if I install 9.2 RC2, I can eventually just use urpmi to update it so that it is essentially the full release, no? -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrak