The 03.10.27 at 09:52, Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. wrote:
SuSE 8.1.
Is it possible for yast1 and yast2 to coexhist on the same system?
yast1 was designed for versions < 8. On version 7.3 you had both versions, but on 8.1 I don't think yast1 will work.
I downloaded and installed the yast1 version from 7.3. Yast2 continues to work, but yast1 won't start.
Alternately, how can I get yast2 to use a directory on the system HD for the installation of rpm's. This problem has been plagueing me since the introduction of yast2
Ah... I remember that previously it would work only if the HD was physically different; it could be the case for SuSE 8.1. I'm talking of using a HD copy of the RPMs to make a fresh install of SuSE. If you are talking of an already installed system, and you want to install new rpms (non SuSE), then it won't work. If you simply want to change the source of the rpms, you can point to a directory if it has the same structure as the CD or the FTP server, at least with SuSE 8.2. On 8.1 I think I did it using a local ftp server (same machine). -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson