deech Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 I'm trying to install mdk on my laptop. Install goes fine (even with 64MB ram memory), but i cannot choose to install packages from cd 2 and 3?! What is the problem here? I use the same cd's as i used on my desktop, no probs what so ever..... Any tips/hints/ideas are welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peep Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 did you complete the install? If so, you should now be able to install everything from those other discs from software management in the MCC. make sure it realizes you have all of the discs in (i think it's called) rpmdrake. Edit: no it's not rpmdrake. it's "software sources manager." see my elaboration below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 I didn't think 9.1 lets you specify what disks you have. I thought it just assumes you have all 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peep Posted April 9, 2003 Report Share Posted April 9, 2003 I don't think the install asks what discs you have, but it may just say "put in disc 2 if you have it". once installed, go to the Mandrake Control Panel -> Software Management -> Software Sources Manager. You can select or unselect the sources you want to use. I've never "added" a CD, but I'd guess if you put the CD in the drive, then pick "removable device" it'll just see disc 2. alternately, if you're on a broadband connection and can't get the discs to work, you can add other sources to download packages form the internet. That could take a while if you want a lot of packages, but it'll help you with dependencies in the meantime if you only want a few packages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deech Posted April 10, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 i knew this, since i installed mdk on several other machines. The problem is that in the sources manager only disc 1 shows up and i cant seem to put cd2 and cd3 in there....it wont update the sources from cd2 and 3. deech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 Oh! now i see what you mean, well... If you can see the sources in dialog box but they just won't update, try updating it from the command line using this command: urpmi.update -a or if you have broadband try this site out: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted April 10, 2003 Report Share Posted April 10, 2003 Check out this link for instructions on how to use urpmi.addmedia to add CDs to your sources using the command line: http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...=urpmi+addmedia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ndeb Posted April 12, 2003 Report Share Posted April 12, 2003 The problem is that in the sources manager only disc 1 shows up and i cant seem to put cd2 and cd3 in there....it wont update the sources from cd2 and 3.This problem is independent of whether your pc is a laptop or not. I had the exact same problem with MCC (in LM9.1) when I tried to add another source for software updates. I suggest you apply the updates in http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisorie...e=MDKA-2003:004 and then check if things have improved. But this may be a chicken and egg problem if you try to update using MCC because you can't update if u can't add an update source. In case of such a problem, command-line is the only way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deech Posted April 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2003 Check out this link for instructions on how to use urpmi.addmedia to add CDs to your sources using the command line:http://www.mandrakeusers.org/viewtopic.php...=urpmi+addmedia thanx guys and girls....this did the trick! deech Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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