Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if somewhat up to date.
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1, released
July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due to expire
towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask ....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and
see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle
(having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives
me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due
to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be
out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
On 3/26/20 6:27 AM, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:As I recall, netinstall isn't really a viable option for Daniel, because
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I >>> can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new
hope!!).
Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/ >>
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if somewhat up to date.
of the nature of his Internet connection.
TJ
David W. Hodgins wrote on 27/03/2020 1:41 PM:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60Thanks, Dave.
<daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and
see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle
(having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives
me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due
to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be
out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be
extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
One of my sister's rang this afternoon to organise me to visit for
Dinner, so that will give me Wi-Fi access to her 200GB/M Account, so I
guess I'll use some of that to get MGA 7.1, then.
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1, released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due to expire
towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask ....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
TIA.
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if somewhat up to date.
On 3/27/20 2:52 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
David W. Hodgins wrote on 27/03/2020 1:41 PM:Good luck. Here in New York State, such visits, even among relatives,
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60Thanks, Dave.
<daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and
see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle
(having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives
me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due
to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be
out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be
extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
One of my sister's rang this afternoon to organise me to visit for
Dinner, so that will give me Wi-Fi access to her 200GB/M Account, so I
guess I'll use some of that to get MGA 7.1, then.
are a big social-distancing no-no.
TJ
On 2020-03-26, Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of theNext release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I >>> can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!). >>
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/
I would NOT advise that. Cauldron is a work in progress. It has bugs-- perhaps lots of them. It is out there precisely so people can help track
down those bugs which everyone KNOWS are in Cauldron. Unless you are
very comfortable tracking down bugs, do not touch it.
Instead ask specific questions. It might be possible to download some
program which solves your problem. I have not idea how Mga7 handles 3G dongles except I have occasionally seen references to making some of
them work here in the newsgroup. Tell us exactly what you have
Note that Mageia Control Center --> Set up network has an entry for GPRS/EDGE/3G
which suggests that it does handle at least some 3G network connections.
William Unruh wrote on 28/03/2020 2:52 AM:
On 2020-03-26, Bit Twister <BitTwister@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see
if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read >>>> a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new
hope!!).
Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/ >>>
I would NOT advise that. Cauldron is a work in progress. It has bugs--
perhaps lots of them. It is out there precisely so people can help track
down those bugs which everyone KNOWS are in Cauldron. Unless you are
very comfortable tracking down bugs, do not touch it.
Instead ask specific questions. It might be possible to download some
program which solves your problem. I have not idea how Mga7 handles 3G
dongles except I have occasionally seen references to making some of
them work here in the newsgroup. Tell us exactly what you have
Note that Mageia Control Center --> Set up network has an entry for
GPRS/EDGE/3G
I must have done this some time ago as, when I tried to connect, I would start up the 'Network Centre' and select "GPRS/EDGE/3G" and then click
the 'Connect' button.
which suggests that it does handle at least some 3G network connections.
Good of you to respond, William, as it's your comments/replies to the
thread "Screwed up DVD mount points" (OP 'Ar' about 10th Mar) where you stated the troubles Ar was having with their DVD/CD connections swapping from sr1 to sr0, or some such, that has sparked my revised interest in getting my 3G USB Dongle working.
It seems that the address allocated to a device (e.g. wlp58s0) can
change, depending on the order in which the various devices respond back
to the booting OS.
So I was thinking of checking out if my USB Dongles device address may
have changed from when I booted (base) MGA 6 and (successfully)
connected to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle to what is happening
since I upgraded to MGA 6.1 and have since been unsuccessfully in
connecting to the Internet via the same Dongle.
And it has just occurred to me that I probably haven't tried plugging my Dongle to the other three USB ports to see if that matters!! I know it
does to my Win7 OS, so could be a possibility!!
On 2020-03-27, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
On 3/27/20 2:52 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
David W. Hodgins wrote on 27/03/2020 1:41 PM:Good luck. Here in New York State, such visits, even among relatives,
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60Thanks, Dave.
<daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and
see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle
(having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives
me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due
to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be
out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be
extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
One of my sister's rang this afternoon to organise me to visit for
Dinner, so that will give me Wi-Fi access to her 200GB/M Account, so I
guess I'll use some of that to get MGA 7.1, then.
are a big social-distancing no-no.
Agreed. That is true anywhere. Covid-19 in general infects 2-3 new
people from each infected person. If per chance you are in an early
stage but still infectious, you WILL infect everyone in that house.
One has to get that infection number down to below 1, and if that is the
case on average, then the infection will die out. If not it will
increase exponentially until everyone in the world has been infected.
(That is the trajectory we are on now). And that would cost something
like 2-3 million lives in the USA alone, and there is nothing anyone can
do about it, since that would utterly swamp the hospitals-- imagine 10 million people all needing ventilators at the same time.
(It's not as bad a measles -- apparently there the average infection
rate is about 8 people per person that gets it (assuming they are unvaccinated)
Have your relatives download it for you onto a USB stick and leave it
outside their door for you to pick up.
TJ
On 2020-03-27, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
On 3/27/20 2:52 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
David W. Hodgins wrote on 27/03/2020 1:41 PM:Good luck. Here in New York State, such visits, even among relatives,
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60Thanks, Dave.
<daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and
see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle
(having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives
me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due
to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be
out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be
extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
One of my sister's rang this afternoon to organise me to visit for
Dinner, so that will give me Wi-Fi access to her 200GB/M Account, so I
guess I'll use some of that to get MGA 7.1, then.
are a big social-distancing no-no.
Agreed. That is true anywhere. Covid-19 in general infects 2-3 new
people from each infected person. If per chance you are in an early
stage but still infectious, you WILL infect everyone in that house.
One has to get that infection number down to below 1, and if that is the
case on average, then the infection will die out. If not it will
increase exponentially until everyone in the world has been infected.
(That is the trajectory we are on now). And that would cost something
like 2-3 million lives in the USA alone, and there is nothing anyone can
do about it, since that would utterly swamp the hospitals-- imagine 10 million people all needing ventilators at the same time.
(It's not as bad a measles -- apparently there the average infection
rate is about 8 people per person that gets it (assuming they are unvaccinated)
Have your relatives download it for you onto a USB stick and leave it
outside their door for you to pick up.
On 2020-03-26, Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1, released
July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due to expire
towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask ....
Yes, that is the latest version. 7.1 was a "bugfix" for the installer.
People are working on cauldron as we speak, which will eventually become version 8. It will probably come out sometime in summer, but could well
be delayed.
In the meantime 7 is being updated both with bug fixes, and even some
major new changes.
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might have six
months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
Or a year or two.
William Unruh wrote on 28/03/2020 2:46 AM:
On 2020-03-26, Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
Or a year or two.
Oh, you pessimist, William!! ;-P
William Unruh wrote on 28/03/2020 3:09 AM:
On 2020-03-27, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
On 3/27/20 2:52 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
David W. Hodgins wrote on 27/03/2020 1:41 PM:Good luck. Here in New York State, such visits, even among relatives,
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60Thanks, Dave.
<daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and >>>>>> see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle >>>>>> (having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives
me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due >>>>>> to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be >>>>> out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be >>>>> extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
One of my sister's rang this afternoon to organise me to visit for
Dinner, so that will give me Wi-Fi access to her 200GB/M Account, so I >>>> guess I'll use some of that to get MGA 7.1, then.
are a big social-distancing no-no.
Agreed. That is true anywhere. Covid-19 in general infects 2-3 new
people from each infected person. If per chance you are in an early
stage but still infectious, you WILL infect everyone in that house.
One has to get that infection number down to below 1, and if that is the
case on average, then the infection will die out. If not it will
increase exponentially until everyone in the world has been infected.
(That is the trajectory we are on now). And that would cost something
like 2-3 million lives in the USA alone, and there is nothing anyone can
do about it, since that would utterly swamp the hospitals-- imagine 10
million people all needing ventilators at the same time.
(It's not as bad a measles -- apparently there the average infection
rate is about 8 people per person that gets it (assuming they are
unvaccinated)
Have your relatives download it for you onto a USB stick and leave it
outside their door for you to pick up.
Thanks for caring, William, but too late!! And the wholesome country air probably did me good!!
Couldn't find a site for MGA 8 Cauldron that worked ..... but that's
later .... maybe!!
On 2020-03-29, Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
William Unruh wrote on 28/03/2020 3:09 AM:
On 2020-03-27, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:
On 3/27/20 2:52 AM, Daniel60 wrote:
David W. Hodgins wrote on 27/03/2020 1:41 PM:Good luck. Here in New York State, such visits, even among relatives,
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 05:50:44 -0400, Daniel60Thanks, Dave.
<daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of
the world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and >>>>>>> see if I can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle >>>>>>> (having read a couple of things in another thread here that gives >>>>>>> me some new hope!!).
So I checked out the mageia.org site and it offered me Ver 7.1,
released July 2019, i.e. eight or nine months ago, with support due >>>>>>> to expire towards the end of this year. So I'm prompted to ask
....
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
The schedule for Mageia 8 has not been set yet. If Mageia 8 is not be >>>>>> out by at least 3 months before the currently scheduled end of
support for Mageia 7 of Dec. 2020, then support for Mageia 7 will be >>>>>> extended.
We try to ensure there is at least a 3 month overlap of releases.
Regards, Dave Hodgins
One of my sister's rang this afternoon to organise me to visit for
Dinner, so that will give me Wi-Fi access to her 200GB/M Account, so I >>>>> guess I'll use some of that to get MGA 7.1, then.
are a big social-distancing no-no.
Agreed. That is true anywhere. Covid-19 in general infects 2-3 new
people from each infected person. If per chance you are in an early
stage but still infectious, you WILL infect everyone in that house.
One has to get that infection number down to below 1, and if that is the >>> case on average, then the infection will die out. If not it will
increase exponentially until everyone in the world has been infected.
(That is the trajectory we are on now). And that would cost something
like 2-3 million lives in the USA alone, and there is nothing anyone can >>> do about it, since that would utterly swamp the hospitals-- imagine 10
million people all needing ventilators at the same time.
(It's not as bad a measles -- apparently there the average infection
rate is about 8 people per person that gets it (assuming they are
unvaccinated)
Have your relatives download it for you onto a USB stick and leave it
outside their door for you to pick up.
Thanks for caring, William, but too late!! And the wholesome country air
probably did me good!!
The question is not just if it did you good but also if it did them
good. Coming from the big bad city, you could already have been infected
and been carrying it out to them.
(A friend's wife died and the kids came to the funeral(from NY) . And then a couple of days later discovered one of them had Covid. So now everyone
waits to see if, and to how many, it got transmitted.
Couldn't find a site for MGA 8 Cauldron that worked ..... but that's
later .... maybe!!
Huh?
mageia.jameswhitby.net/distribution/cauldron/x86_64
Now perhaps you were looking for and iso to burn to your disk to install automatically. Cauldron does not work that way. It is only very late in
the process that isos are made. It changes far too rapidly for them to
make a iso for it. So you would need a usb stick and download about
40GB of the actual cauldron repository.
On 29.03.2020 at 23:08, Daniel60 scribbled:
William Unruh wrote on 28/03/2020 2:46 AM:
On 2020-03-26, Daniel60 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote:
How long before the next version (7.2 or 8) is scheduled to be
released?? Any sort of indication would be appreciated!
Not that I want to rush it or anything .... as it seems I might
have six months or so to fill up/in!! ;-P
Or a year or two.
Oh, you pessimist, William!! ;-P
Just install Slackware. It has the very latest version of everything, including the only recently released KDE 4.2. :p
Many, many, years ago I lived in Melbourne (pop 3 to 4 million). Since leaving the Army, I lived 25-30 years in Wodonga (pop 30 thousand) and
for the last 3-4 years, I've lived in Broadford (pop 4 thousand)
I live one end of town, my sister lives the other end, about
2km/1.25miles away!
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!).
Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if somewhat up to date.
On 26/3/20 9:27 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:Interesting. The last time I looked, there were no isos available.
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of theNext release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I >>> can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!). >>
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/ >>
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if it is somewhat up to date.
When I have wanted Cauldron, I have downloaded the latest netinstall iso,
but whether I could get a working system depended on the state of
the servers. It seemed as though almost the whole mirror was out of
action while it was being updated.
Many of the images were .img files.
On 26/3/20 9:27 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:Interesting. The last time I looked, there were no isos available.
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of theNext release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I >>> can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!). >>
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/ >>
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if somewhat up to date.
When I have wanted Cauldron, I have downloaded the latest netinstall
iso, but whether I could get a working system depended on the state of
the servers. It seemed as though almost the whole mirror was out of
action while it was being updated.
Many of the images were .img files.
On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 02:56:05 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
On 26/3/20 9:27 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:Interesting. The last time I looked, there were no isos available.
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of theNext release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I >>>> can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read >>>> a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!). >>>
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/ >>>
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of choice at >>> https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if it is somewhat up to date.
Interesting is correct. The majority of the time I check there is always
a cauldron net install iso.
When I have wanted Cauldron, I have downloaded the latest netinstall iso,
Same here.
On 4/7/20 1:45 PM, Bit Twister wrote:
On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 02:56:05 +1000, Doug Laidlaw wrote:I've seen some discussion about isos, and it seems they are being held
On 26/3/20 9:27 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:Interesting. The last time I looked, there were no isos available.
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see >>>>> if I
can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having
read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new
hope!!).
Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready. :)
You have a few options.
1. Download a network install iso and do a clean install over the
internet.
2. Do an upgrade from mga7 to mga8 (Cauldron)
mga8 (Cauldron) image/isos found in
http(mirror_of_choice_here)/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/install/images/
Mirror urls can be found here https://mirrors.mageia.org/
Whether doing clean install or upgrade do check your mirror of
choice at
https://mirrors.mageia.org/status
to see if it is somewhat up to date.
Interesting is correct. The majority of the time I check there is always
a cauldron net install iso.
When I have wanted Cauldron, I have downloaded the latest netinstall
iso,
Same here.
up because of some as yet unresolved conflicts. However, that
information is sketchy and a few days old, so may be no longer valid.
I created a Cauldron install last week by using the instructions found
at https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Cauldron#How_to_update_to_Mageia_Cauldron
to update a Mageia 7 install using urpmi. The install is one that I use infrequently for testing purposes, and actually has been waiting to test Cauldron isos when they come out.
It was the first time I had tried that procedure. The update went surprisingly well, and presented me with a working desktop. There were several orphans created during the process, but I left them right where
they are, just in case.
I haven't had occasion to do much with it yet. Mostly, I just wanted to
see if it was working at all.
TJ
The official word, from the Mageia Download Page, is:
"LiveDVDs are not yet available. Classical Installation flavours is not
yet available."
The ones that Bits is talking about must be internal ISOs, not for
general use.
The only version offered is the network installation I used.
Although rated alpha, it seemed quite stable.
The official word, from the Mageia Download Page, is:
"LiveDVDs are not yet available. Classical Installation flavours is not
yet available."
The ones that Bits is talking about must be internal ISOs, not for
general use. The only version offered is the network installation I used. Although rated alpha, it seemed quite stable.
On 26/3/20 9:27 pm, Bit Twister wrote:
On Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:50:44 +1100, Daniel60 wrote:
Having a bit more spare time on my hand (like large portions of the
world), I thought I'd download the latest version of Mageia and see if I >>> can get it connecting to the Internet via my 3G USB Dongle (having read
a couple of things in another thread here that gives me some new hope!!). >> Next release 8 will be ready when it is ready.:)
The planned 9 months release cycle, chosen quite understandably because
it was the gestation period for a new "baby," has proved impractical,
but "When it is ready" is not a real alternative.
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