MottS Posted March 7, 2003 Report Share Posted March 7, 2003 I would actually prefer to upgrade from CD MottS. Thanks for the info though. I have downloaded all 3 CD images, using RSYNC, but they don't seem to be any smaller ? Why is this ? I could have just used FTP to do the same thing. I though RSYNC would only download the parts of the Images which were different from RC 1 ? Exactly .. rsync compare your rc1 with what is on the server and download the difference. The rc2 image aren't supposed to be smaller.. the rc2 images are the same size actually. Here was the output of my rsync on cd1. MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD1.i586.iso 682131456 100% 63.96kB/s 2:53:34 rsync[19315] (receiver) heap statistics: arena: 41656 (bytes from sbrk) ordblks: 1 (chunks not in use) smblks: 1 hblks: 0 (chunks from mmap) hblkhd: 0 (bytes from mmap) usmblks: 0 fsmblks: 48 uordblks: 40656 (bytes used) fordblks: 1000 (bytes free) keepcost: 952 (bytes in releasable chunk) Number of files: 1 Number of files transferred: 1 Total file size: 682131456 bytes <====================Actual size of the image Total transferred file size: 682131456 bytes Literal data: 409370624 bytes <=====================Part that was transfered Matched data: 272760832 bytes <====================Amount of matched datas File list size: 52 Total bytes written: 250339 Total bytes read: 409489823 wrote 250339 bytes read 409489823 bytes 39170.23 bytes/sec total size is 682131456 speedup is 1.66 BTW, you can upgrade with the floppy.. this is just a method to avoid burning the cds. The rest is exactly the same! MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckKev Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 For anyone in Canada, I have setup the RC2 iso's on my server available on ftp and rsync (max 4 users) for the weekend. They will not be available after Sunday at Midnight. ftp://mdklinux.sytes.net rsync://mdklinux.sytes.net Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic2K Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 2) Format a floppy and make a boot floppy out of the hd.img that can be found in /image diretory of the iso imageCode: mke2fs /dev/fd0 dd if=/mnt/Somewhere/image/hd.list of=/dev/fd0 MottS; I want to give this a try, just so I can see how it runs, and so that I can say I did an upgrade this way. Perhaps I may add to my list of things on the Website. I am confused about the disk dump option, am I creating a new hd.list of the ISO Images ? Or am I copying the ISO image contents of the mounted CD 1 to floppy ? Also should this process be done for all 3 CDs ? I understand about RSYNC now. What do I put in my fstab to get the images to mount at boot time ? /mnt/cd1 /mnt/path/to/isoimage ??????? not sure about the rest of the settings ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 I am confused about the disk dump option, am I creating a new hd.list of the ISO Images ? Or am I copying the ISO image contents of the mounted CD 1 to floppy ? Also should this process be done for all 3 CDs ? Your second affirmation is right. You have to create a floppy out of the file hd.list that is in the iso image (in /image directory). And you don't have to do that for all 3 cds.. just the first one. Anyway there is no /image directory in the other 2 images. Good luck ! MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic2K Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 MottS; I was editing my post to ask you, what goes in the fstab to mount the images automatically ? I must have been editing it as you were replying. Sorry. /mnt/cd(x) /mnt/path/to/isoimage,fs=iso9660 -o loop ? So far the boot floppy isn't working. The first time it errored out, bad floppy I think, going to give it another try using the following command; mke2fs /dev/fd0 dd if=/mnt/cd1/images/hd.img of=/dev/fd0 Both seemed to run this time without errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic2K Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Unable to locate the ISO image due to filesystem I am running. I have XFS running on partitions except for swap ...etc. Why would this be a problem ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic2K Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 MottS; The floppy idea wouldn't work, so I just upgraded using CDs. Problem now is that my Destop is messed up big time. My launcher and bar at the top of the desktop are gone, any idea how to restore it, or at least get into my settings to restore it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Unable to locate the ISO image due to filesystem I am running. I have XFS running on partitions except for swap ...etc. Why would this be a problem ? Because XFS is quite new and wasn't _probably_ compiled in the kernel that is on the floppy. I'm using ReiserFS, ext3 and fat and they were all detected no prob... The floppy idea wouldn't work, so I just upgraded using CDs. Problem now is that my Destop is messed up big time. My launcher and bar at the top of the desktop are gone, any idea how to restore it, or at least get into my settings to restore it ? Have no idea which desktop you are using here... Try deleting you .gnome or .kde or .whatever file that is in your $HOME directory. Back up first ! MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic2K Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Got it all back finally, I had to readd the panels and set everything up again. Thanks for the help dude. One last question for you though. How do I mount the ISO images in the FSTAB ? I have the general idea, but not sure about the options part ? Yeah it sucks about using XFS, maybe this is why I am having such a hard time with the games as well. Just a thought, I never used XFS before, and I never had problems upgrading or applying patches for each game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 How do I mount the ISO images in the FSTAB ? I have the general idea, but not sure about the options part ? Well, I'm not sure for the options too. This is why I don't use them that much.. lol. Here is my lines in fstab /home/gd/MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD1.i586.iso /mnt/cd1 iso9660 umask=0 0 0 /home/gd/MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD2.i586.iso /mnt/cd2 iso9660 umask=0 0 0 /home/gd/MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD3.i586.iso /mnt/cd3 iso9660 umask=0 0 0 To add them to urpmi do urpmi.removemedia -a urpmi.addmedia cd1 file://mnt/cd1/Mandrake/RPMS with synthesis.hdlist1rpms.cz urpmi.addmedia cd2 file://mnt/cd2/Mandrake/RPMS2 with synthesis.hdlist2rpms.cz urpmi.addmedia cd3 file://mnt/cd1/Mandrake/RPMS3 with synthesis.hdlist3rpms.cz MOttS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic2K Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Thanks again dude. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MottS Posted March 8, 2003 Report Share Posted March 8, 2003 Thanks again dude. :D HEY !! .. No problem :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest anon Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 *Bump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 thanks for the bump anon. would've never noticed this thread otherwise, now i get to try this out on the weekend. weee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fubar::chi Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 How do I mount the ISO images in the FSTAB ? I have the general idea, but not sure about the options part ? Well, I'm not sure for the options too. This is why I don't use them that much.. lol. Here is my lines in fstab /home/gd/MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD1.i586.iso /mnt/cd1 iso9660 umask=0 0 0 /home/gd/MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD2.i586.iso /mnt/cd2 iso9660 umask=0 0 0 /home/gd/MandrakeLinux-9.1rc2-CD3.i586.iso /mnt/cd3 iso9660 umask=0 0 0 To add them to urpmi do urpmi.removemedia -a urpmi.addmedia cd1 file://mnt/cd1/Mandrake/RPMS with synthesis.hdlist1rpms.cz urpmi.addmedia cd2 file://mnt/cd2/Mandrake/RPMS2 with synthesis.hdlist2rpms.cz urpmi.addmedia cd3 file://mnt/cd1/Mandrake/RPMS3 with synthesis.hdlist3rpms.cz MOttS to add the disk to fstab i had to add the -o and loop options. this is what mine looked like. /mnt/stuff/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD1.i586.iso /mnt/disk/1 iso9660 -o,loop,user,umask=0 0 0 /mnt/stuff/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD2.i586.iso /mnt/disk/2 iso9660 -o,loop,user,umask=0 0 0 /mnt/stuff/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD3.i586.iso /mnt/disk/3 iso9660 -o,loop,user,umask=0 0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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