Re: Media.

Yes download the entire tree, and burn to disk.

Hi opjose
Can you point me at an ftp site that has 10.1 files?

for crying out loud....search in google....A couple of weeks ago..... you actually made a post about a russian site with the ISO's....

so far I have both the 4 CD download version and the DVD version of mandrake 10.1 just by "googling" around ....

for crying out loud ..........lol

but i have goodled ........ the russian site only has 1-4kbs transfer and get dissconected from all the time from time outs and i have forund the dvd but something is wrong..... on kget it reported the size 338MB and firefox reported 2256MB and i know both are wrong i know it is in the 4GB range. but if u could lend a helping hand could u post some urls

xavierh: u may not want to post ur sys. specs. ............i saw them and laughed..............

AMD 3000+ 64bit
Asus K8N-E
1GB ddr 400
ATI 9800 pro
200GB HDD 8MB cache SATA
Antec Sonata
DVD\RW

ok amigo.....sorry if I was harsh on you but if there is one thing that I have learned (back from the 14.4 modems) is that you have to have both patience and the tools of the trade....

You need a FTP client that supports resume (smart ftp is a good one), or a download manager (getright) and a "hash analyzer" (do a search in www.download.com for hash makers or readers).

Sites:

ftp.linuxcenter.ru
www.acnova.com (go to the ftp link in the site).

both will be slow but if you leave your machine on 24/7 downloading that stuff, in 3 days tops you will have it. Then you can use the "hash reader" to make sure that the hash is correct (therefore confirming that the file is ok).

Specially for FTP sites, DO NOT USE A WEB BROWSER to download the files. The browsers are prone to miscalculate the size of the file. Use either a download manager or an FTP client (best choice!!).

You could also try bittorrent since there are a lot of sites with mandrake 10.1 torrents. I downloaded 10.0 official that way and it worked ok.

Again, I know you want to please your mom, but she needs to understand that this things do not happen overnight.....

Yeah but at least I have it (MDK 10.1) and you don't ;-) besides, as long as I can serve from the linux box my anime to my XBOX using XBMC, I'm golden........

Your machine specs look dude.....no joke.....have you checked the HCL for mandrake 10.1 64 bit edition to see if it supports everything you got?

Now that you brought the issue of specs how good is that ASUS board? I have been debating which board to use if I decide to upgrade one of the machines at home (not my linux box, although a processor and hardrive upgrade would be welcomed).

i can wait for the 64bit version . i need the 32bit for my mom. and u stated that there are torrents. ive searched and searched and searched ....... but could u post a url with the page with the torrent. and with the russian site. no matter what i automatically get disconnected every 1-2 mins.... and i knwo stuff dosent happen over night..... i have a 256kbs/128kbs connection

HOLY $HIT !!!!!!!!!!!!1 that url u posted works and is FAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not the russian site. THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS THANKSTHANKS

thankyou,

slipaway172

Alright dude......now you have to let us know how it goes with that motherboard.......take care

dont u mean my moms mobo ... and printer ;)

you got it dude.....

I would recommend, even if it is slow, to get the DVD from the russian site......it beats the hell oout of swapping discs...

I have just assumed by all I have read that one could just simply do a network install of Mandrake 10.1. Mandrake even sent me a newsletter yesterday announcing 10.1 was now available. I assumed that meant to public as I am not a club member as of yet. So..... I checked out their site and 10.1 Official is not up yet.

Option 2, I downloaded boot.iso from ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror...nstall/images/
This turned out to be a waste of time as the ftp install options are Mandrake 10.1 Community and a handful of Cookers, no option for 10.1 Official. I did find a screen to manually type in the ftp address to download from with a password and username, no help to me.

Question, has anyone downloaded 10.1 Official by the network install without a password or Mandrakeclub membership, or is it just assumption? I did get the boot.iso file right out of the Official directory as you see from ftp address above. If anyone has actually done this, how?

I see on other posts now, that although the options list Community, it actually installs Official.
That would solve my confusion. Guess I shall try it.

maybe so but the random disconnects pi$$ me off the most..... i had a 56k and im paticent .....i dont care about the download speed but the disconnects get under my skin. ( i leave my computer on 24/7 to prevent thermal stress on my new hardware) but if somebody could create a torrent for the DVD. that would kick butt.....

(using kbear now and on the first iso and only 34% done....... 100MB=1 hour)

dude go to www.acnova.com and they will link to a FAST ftp server with ALL 4 iso and burn them and wallah. ( they are official and not any of that community/ glitchy crap) ;)