Bruno Posted October 3, 2006 Share Posted October 3, 2006 Mandriva "2007 Official" FTP installJump the queue, be the first one on the net :DGet the boot.iso: ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/Man...images/boot.isoBurn the boot.iso to CD and boot from it . . then:- Press Enter- At the screen: "Please choose your install method" choose FTP server- DHCP- "Please fill entries" I filled in: "uranus" on first line ( name of my system ) and "lan" on second line. ( you can also leave them empty )- Wait until the connection is made . . . - Question about proxy: leave blank- When choosing the sources, tell it that you will select the source yourself "Specify the mirror manually"- On the first line: "ftp.nluug.nl" and on the second line: "/pub/os/Linux/distr/Mandrakelinux/official/2007.0/i586" and press OKThen the program will load into memory and proceed to go on as a normal install.For the install follow the lines of the 2006 install: http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.ph...=503&st=319 Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 3, 2006 Author Share Posted October 3, 2006 Posting from 2007 "Official" ( FTP install ) now . . . . install was smooth, no errors or problems. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 .There is a thread about installing Nvidia drivers here: http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com/index.php?showtopic=16613 Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 Just to be sure . . here are the release notes and the errata:Release Notes: http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main...007ReleaseNotesErrata: http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main...Linux2007Errata Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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