Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 14:01:57 -0700 From: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com> To: <footer_type@mandrax.org>, <append@mandrax.org> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8 Message-ID: <008b01c0caa6$5249e410$a86657ca@client2> References: <XFMail.010420180438.mpol@gmx.net>
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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" <mpol@gmx.net> To: <expert@linux-mandrake.com> 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
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