From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 21 1:59:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp016.mail.yahoo.com (smtp016.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D77C37B424 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2001 01:59:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fasi_74@yahoo.com) Received: from unknown (HELO client2) (202.87.102.168) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Apr 2001 08:59:30 -0000 X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <008b01c0caa6$5249e410$a86657ca@client2> From: "faisal" To: , Cc: "FreeBSD" References: Subject: Re: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8 Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:01:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks but tell me can the source files reside on a msdos ie FAT 16 or FAT32 if i start from a boot disk ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcel Pol" To: Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 9:04 AM Subject: RE: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8 > > 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. > > -- > Marcel Pol > mpol@gmx.net > > ...my cow ate the CDs. > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message