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My main +</I>>>><i> reason was my dislike of the %MIRRORLIST system of Mandriva, you could +</I>>>><i> get connected to a very slow mirror or even to one which was not +</I>>>><i> uptodate without urpmi being able to switch to another mirror during +</I>>>><i> one session (a known bug). So I used SmartUrpmi to select a mirror +</I>>>><i> which I knew to be fast, reliable and uptodate instead of playing +</I>>>><i> lottery with %MIRRORLIST. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Today with Mageia this risk is not high because there are not so many +</I>>>><i> mirrors around my residence. But I still would like to select a +</I>>>><i> dedicated mirror (my own mirror) from such a list as provided by the +</I>>>><i> web tool. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> You can do that in the Media Manager, File - Add a specific media mirror +</I>>><i> (the list of mirrors is displayed), or if your mirror is a private mirror, +</I>>><i> File - Add a custom medium (select "create media for an entire +</I>>><i> distribution"). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes, I know that but it's not the point here. I sure know how to add a +</I>><i> mirror to my /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg using vi, I sure know how to add a +</I>><i> mirror using 'urpmi.addmedia', and I sure know how to add a mirror +</I>><i> using "Add" in the media manager in MCC. But still I normally use this +</I>><i> web tool because 1) I don't have to care for typos and 2) it's soooo +</I>><i> convenient. +</I> +Open "configure media sources for install and update" -> File -> Add a +specific media mirror: +- it's already there on your box if you have rpmdrake installed +- there're no typos, you don't type anything here, it fetches the list +of mirrors and you can select the one you want +- what's not convenient about that :) + +This method is the GUI equivalent of doing 'urpmi.addmedia --distrib +<mirror URL>'. + +><i> +</I>><i> The benefit of this tool (I'm referring to +</I>><i> <A HREF="http://www.mandrivauser.de/smarturpmi/">http://www.mandrivauser.de/smarturpmi/</A> here) is +</I>><i>  - I see the current state of the mirrors in the list (including last +</I>><i> sync run, checked several times a day), so I can avoid mirrors which +</I>><i> can not be reached or are not uptodate; +</I>><i>  - instead of having to look up the address and the location of the +</I>><i> synthesis list and then copy it into a field in the media manager +</I>><i> (which is a sure cause for typos) I just have to mark all +</I>><i> media/mirrors I want to add, then click on a button and a script is +</I>><i> transferred to my machine, no place for errors. +</I>><i>  - starting the script I am asked for root passwort and after that I +</I>><i> can let the script do everything else, including a complete update - +</I>><i> if I want to. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> wobo +</I>><i> +</I> + + +-- +Ahmad Samir +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="004314.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="004332.html">[Mageia-discuss] Easyurpmi forMageia ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#4331">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#4331">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#4331">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#4331">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |