Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2001 13:50:08 +0400 From: "dotslash" <dotslash@linif.org> To: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com>, <footer_type@mandrax.org>, <append@mandrax.org> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8 Message-ID: <002001c0ca48$8978df30$2903010a@atg.altayer.com> References: <XFMail.010420180438.mpol@gmx.net> <008b01c0caa6$5249e410$a86657ca@client2>
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so why are you posting in a fbsd list? ----- Original Message ----- From: "faisal" <fasi_74@yahoo.com> To: <footer_type@mandrax.org>; <append@mandrax.org> Cc: "FreeBSD" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 1:01 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8 > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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