Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3729 mails)

[Tom Emerson <osnut@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Tuesday 03 June 2003 6:24 am, Stan Glasoe wrote:
> On Mon June 2 2003 10:14 pm, Michael Sacco wrote:
> > Open up YaST and go to Change Source of Installation.  Add an ftp one,
> > such as this:
> > ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/update_for_8.2/yast-source
[...]

> When I attempt this I get an error:
>
> Unable to create installation source
> from URL
> 'ftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/os/unix/linux/suse/suse/i386/supplementary/KDE/
>update_for_8.2/' Details:
> ERROR(InstSrc:E_no_instsrc_on_media)

The answer seems to be "keep trying" -- if the ftp server you are trying to 
reach is "full", you're session will be denied [yast checks the target for 
some form of disk ID, which means it tries to log on right then and there]  
If yast cannot establish a session, it reports no file found -- keep trying 
[or try a less busy server/mirror] until it goes through.

When performing the update, you may get the same thing when you start: a 
pop-up box telling you to insert the CD into the FTP source...  keep retrying 
until you "get" a session [after which you can safely walk away until it's 
done]

ALSO, someone mentioned this technique blew away their gnome packages -- 
REMEMBER to UNCHECK the box marked "delete outdated or unmaintained 
packages", and if truly paranoid, click the "details" button to be sure no 
non-SuSE packages are slated for withdrawal...

- -- 
Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net
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