Re: [SLE] Confused by downloadable DVD

From: Andreas Jaeger (aj_at_suse.de)
Date: 10/27/05

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    To: Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 08:52:14 +0200

    Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@gmail.com> writes:

    > I now have mt_st for 10.0, but trying to find it is a royal pain.
    > Please take the below as generic concerns, not mt_st specific.
    >
    > I still don't have any idea where on the FTP server to find mt_st and
    > yes I have looked.

    You should be able to add it as a YaST installation repository and can
    then use the YaST software installer for searching.

    > Unfortunately my local mirror does not have up to date recursive file
    > listings of your main ftp server. (I don't know if that is a generic
    > mirror issue, or specific to gatech below?)
    >
    > Specifically, see the 2004 datestamps on the 4 "ls" files at
    > ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/suse/
    >
    > I also tried to download a couple of the "ls" files directly from
    > ftp.suse.com, but that is very difficult currently. Even the 3mb .gz
    > file failed to download due to dropped connections.
    >
    > It would have helped me if the package description webpage could have
    > given the ftp path:
    > http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/professional/mt_st.html
    >
    > It would also be nice if Novell could provide a single table that
    > shows every package in the left column and then has every distribution
    > technique in additional columns. Then a simple check or - in every
    > cell.
    >
    > It seems there are a number of distribution methods. I'm guessing at
    > least 10 counting the main distributions and the supplemental
    > distributions.
    >
    > It is getting very confusing giving that each method distributes a
    > different set of packages.

    We're rethinking this and try to make it easier, thanks for the
    feedback,

    Andreas 

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