easy urpmi

iqbala · 11-03-2005, 11:55 AM

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...

jib2 · 11-03-2005, 01:48 PM

Insert your CD#1 in the cdrom then type (as root) :

Code:

# urpmi.addmedia --distrib cdrom removable://mnt/cdrom

reddazz · 11-03-2005, 01:53 PM

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.

iqbala · 11-04-2005, 12:18 PM

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.

iqbala · 11-04-2005, 01:56 PM

OK, now I have managed to use again the installation CDs. The source code I needed was there on CD3. Thank you jib2.

tkedwards · 11-07-2005, 04:51 PM

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.

iqbala · 11-08-2005, 03:16 AM

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.)

tkedwards · 11-08-2005, 04:07 AM

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.