Mandriva Linux

Available:

 (contributors welcome!)

The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Mandriva S.A. and others. Please see the individual copyright notices in each source package for distribution terms. The distribution terms of the tools copyrighted by Mandriva are note in the file COPYING.

Mandriva Linux and its logo are trademarks of Mandriva S.A.

  1. Directory Organization
  2. Installing
  3. Sources
  4. Support
  5. Contact

1. Directory Organization

This directory is organized as follows:

|--> media/  
|   |--> main/ main binary packages
|   |--> contrib/ contrib binary packages
|   `--> media_info/ packages meta data
|--> install/  
|   |--> extra/ installation advertising images
|   |--> images/ boot images
|   |--> stage2/ ramdisk images of the installation
|      `--> live/ installation program files
|--> isolinux/ isolinux boot images
|--> doc/ installation help files in various languages
|--> dosutils/ installation utilities for DOS
|--> misc/ source files, install trees
|--> VERSION current version number
|--> COPYING copyright information
|--> INSTALL.txt installation instructions
`--> README.txt this file in text mode

If you are mirroring to a partition or an NFS volume, you'll need to get everything under "install/" for installation related files, and everything under "media" for packages, as well as the isolinux images from ""isolinux/".

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2. Installing

See the install.htm file.

IMPORTANT COMPATIBILITY NOTE:

Mandriva Linux is built with CPU speed optimizations for Pentium-class (Pentium(tm) and compatibles, AMD Athlon, Pentium 4...) so it WILL NOT RUN on older i386 and i486 based computers.

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3. Sources

All the Mandriva Linux specific packages come with their sources in the source-CD (PowerPack Edition).

You can download all the source packages from our FTP servers.

If you don't have any convenient Internet access, Mandriva can send you a source archive for a small fee.

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4. Support

For those with web access, check

In particular, access to our mailing lists can be found at:

If you don't have any web access you can still subscribe to the main mailing list.  To subscribe, send mail to sympa@mandrivalinux.com with

       subscribe newbie

in the body of the message.

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If you did not receive documentation with this product, you can order the Mandriva Linux PowerPack Edition (several Mandriva Linux CDs + Installation & User Guide + installation support!) from our on-line store at:

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5. Contact

Mandriva can be reached at:

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