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  5. can't load 2010 install dvd [solved]

    in Installing Mandriva

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    Fred, go to the same place you downloaded the ISO from, there you will find another file with the same name as your ISO plus a .md5 extention.

    Download that file and put it the same place as your ISO.

     

    Then open a console and cd to that folder, use ls to make sure your in the right folder and can see both files.

    Then 

    md5sum -c *.md5

    After a few minutes it will tell you if the ISO is good or not.

     

    Ken

  7. Mandriva 2010 ISO Confusion

    in Software

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    Greg, I realize I need to add those repos. But for me to change from the 586 to the x86-64, can I just choose the x86-64 architecture from EasyUPPMI, the add the repos, then update my system through MCC?

     

    I of course can download the Free cd, and go that way, then go through EasyURPMI, if that wouldn't mess up my system.

    I've heard of successes and failures using that method.

     

    You'll have to use urpmi at the command line not MCC though as MCC only uses the updates repositories for updates.

    urpmi --auto-update

    Bear in mind that you will be downloading thousands of packages and if something goes wrong part way through like a power failure the install will probably be broken requiring a re-install.

     

    Ken

  12. Does size matter (for swap)?

    in Installing Mandriva

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    As scoonma said gparted can do it but drakdisk cannot.

    With drakdisk you could shrink /home and then add a second swap partition after it, Linux has no problem using multiple swap partitions.

    Hum, but I don't know if it can suspend to multiple swap partitions. :oops:

     

    BTW You don't have 4 gigs of swap, you have 4088511 kilos of swap and 4 gigs is 4194304 kilos.

     

    The modern rule of thumb is slightly more swap than ram if you want to use suspend to ram, but not double.

     

    Ken

  19. What happens to USB key after becoming an OS disk?

    in Installing Mandriva

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    So before “playing†with a USB stick again, I want to be sure there's a way back. In particular, the ISO being only 700MB, the USB disk will probably report a capacity of 700BM, and I want to be able to get the 2GB back.
    What I would do is make an image of the drive

    dd if=/dev/sdX of=flash-drive.img

    when you want your stick back just reverse it.

    dd if=flash-drive.img of=/dev/sdX

    An even better way is to use mandriva-seed.sh to write the ISO, that way you can partition and use the space beyond your 700MB bootable partition.

     

    Ken

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