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Old 11-03-2005, 12:55 PM   #1
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easy urpmi


I configured Rdrake with the help of the site Easyurpmi.zarb.org.

I ran (as counselled) the instruction

urpmi.removemedia -a

and everything worked, but as a result of this the installation CDs were removed from the list of media in which to look for packages.

How can I do to re-insert them?

I ask this because I need the source of my exact kernel, and I hope they can be maybe in the installation CDs...
 
Old 11-03-2005, 02:48 PM   #2
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Insert your CD#1 in the cdrom then type (as root) :

Code:
# urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable://mnt/cdrom
 
Old 11-03-2005, 02:53 PM   #3
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If you have configured main, the default kernel that shipped with Mandriva will be in that repo. You can take a look at zebulon.org.uk for more details about urpmi.
 
Old 11-04-2005, 01:18 PM   #4
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I have configured "main", and I can see many packages like "kernel-source-2.6-****", but none with my exact kernel (2.6.8.1-12mdk). By the way, I am still running Mandrake (10.1 official) and not Mandriva.
 
Old 11-04-2005, 02:56 PM   #5
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OK, now I have managed to use again the installation CDs. The source code I needed was there on CD3. Thank you jib2.
 
Old 11-07-2005, 05:51 PM   #6
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Just FYI the reason you had this problem is that you haven't been updating the kernel - you have to do it manually with
Code:
urpmi.update -a
urpmi kernel
as the normal mandrake update procedure doesn't do it. Any other package, including the kernel-source package, will automatically be updated to the latest version which is why you get that version mismatch between the kernel-source and the kernel packages.
 
Old 11-08-2005, 04:16 AM   #7
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Thank you very much for your information. But are you really sure that updating the kernel is always that easy? I never did it because I fear that many of my items will have to be re-installed or re-configured (ADSL modem, NVIDIA graphic drivers, etc.)
 
Old 11-08-2005, 05:07 AM   #8
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The only ones you'll have to reinstall are closed source drivers that you've installed manually after the installation. So yes the Nvidia drivers will probably need to be reinstalled.
 
  


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