Virtual Install, anyone? [HALF-SOLVED]

[online14230]

Hi All,

I run my Full monty 2011.07 under Parallells on my Macbook Pro 5,3 with 50GB, 2Gb RAM 1 CPU. Ive partitioned it properly, with 25GB mounted /, 4GB Swap and 20GB mounted under /home. Here is my issue.

I, unfortunately, live in South AFrica, where buying bread needs a very good credit record and getting ADSL is akin to making a deal with the devil, who we've renamed Telkom.
Ive decided to use what little is left of my overdraft to pay for bandwidth (yes, we pay per Gig) and download the entire PCLinuxOS repository. Before I continue, just keep in mind that it took me a week to download the FM iso. Anyway, Ive done the research and now know how to use rsync to accomplish this. However, I was an idiot when I setup the system and didnt allocate enough space to the VM (?). So, now I want to share some real estate on my HFS partition but for the life of me, I cannot fathom how. Ive tried searching but couldnt find a single article on the net about this. I also tried installing parallells tools but this isnt working either, with it quitting on me every single time.
Anyone have any suggestions?
As a means to an end, I tried using rsync on OSX to pull the repos. However, that exits with

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ssh: Could not resolve hostname ftp: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-37.3/rsync/io.c(452) [receiver=2.6.9]
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leaving me wondering what the hell Im doing wrong. For those interested, the command I used was

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rsync -aP --no-motd --stats --delete --exclude=*testing --exclude=SRPM* ftp://mirror.ac.za/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2011/ /repo/

On another machine, I have a completely different problem: I burnt FM to disc and tried installing it on my wifes Amilo pro Notebook. Its ancient (I think Pharoah left a fingerprint on it). I can boot into the Live environment and have the HDD partitioned correctly. Im trying to setup a dual boot environment (XP Pro SP3) and have an extra partition setup so that she can share data between XP and FM. I decided to mount this partition (ntfs-3g) as /share but that doesnt work. I then tried NOT mounting at install, with a view to setting this up later. From here, the install progresses quite nicely... up to a point. The install closes all other windows and, after about 4 hours of running, quits with a message that it cannot copy files. I tried burning the DVD onto another disc and tried again. Same brown nuggets, same smell. I then tried ANOTHER disc... guess what happened. So, I decided to write a new disc at 1x and tried that. Same... oh nevermind, you get the gist. Now, I know that the ISO isnt messed up cos I checked its MD5. I also used it to install under Parallels...

I use my mac for work. I have limited access to the net at work so will check here for any replies in 12 hours... if there are any.

BTW: FM runs unbelievable fast under Parallells. I just wish Parallells would play nice and map my drive nicely.

[online14230]

oh well... so many views, so few replies. Theres apparently a TON of info on the net that can help me. I just needed to collate it and learn to think OUT of the box.

I managed to install PCLos on my wifes dinosaur. Heres what I did. As it looked like the system was running a bit slow, I added a little RAM. 6GB. I then used GParted to create the necessary partitions (they were already there, I just made sure) and booted to Live. I installed from there. Ran like a charm. I then moved the extra RAM BACK to its original laptop (my own other donkey) and PCLos is running well... wifey is already hooked on XMoto.

wrt downloading the repo: I found that the SYNTAX I used was incorrect. Heres what I found to work correctly:

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rsync -aP --no-motd --stats --delete --exclude=*testing --exclude=SRPM* mirror.ac.za/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2011/ /repo/
This created 2 folders in my repo folder - base and RPMS.x86-64. So, now I want to know how the hell I make it so that Synaptic will recognise the repo? I tried adding it to sources.list but that didnt work. I then tried through Synaptic and that doesnt work either...
So, I can mark this thread as HALF-SOLVED.

[Just17]

This created 2 folders in my repo folder - base and RPMS.x86-64.

This is the 64 bit testing repository ......  which Full Monty does not use.

Is this what you wanted?

substitute  2010  for the  2011  in your mirror path if you want the 32bit repo


ftp://pclinux.mirror.ac.za/apt/pclinuxos/2010

note: an unneeded "http://" is added to the link by the forum ..... 

[Just17]

This post should help get your 'local repo' settings correct in Synaptic
http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,97226.msg823065.html#msg823065

[Just17]

Here is an example of a command that excludes all those unneeded files when running KDE. You would need to change the command to reflect your mirror ....


rsync -r -n -t -p -o -v --progress --delete -l --partial --exclude=SRPMS.* --exclude=RPMS.testing --exclude=RPMS.special --exclude=RPMS.unstable --exclude=RPMS.xfce4 --exclude=base/*.special* --exclude=base/*.testing* --exclude=base/*.unstable* --exclude=base/*.xfce4* ftp.heanet.ie::pub/pclinuxos/apt/pclinuxos/2010/

Also you may wish to exclude the games section as it is quite big (2 GiB) and may be unnecessary .....

--exclude=RPMS.games
--exclude=base/*.games*

regards.


EDIT
          My 32 bit mirror is 16.8 GiB with 13,000 files ....  including the 2 GiB of games

[pinoc]

hey online 14230,

with your connection issues: can you explain what is the point in downloading 17GB of repo archives when you can have a virtually uptodate FullMonty 2011.09 of 4GB? Why don't you just run this FM and replace it with the next FM when it comes out in 2 months or so ?
-p.

[online14230]

hey online 14230,

with your connection issues: can you explain what is the point in downloading 17GB of repo archives when you can have a virtually uptodate FullMonty 2011.09 of 4GB? Why don't you just run this FM and replace it with the next FM when it comes out in 2 months or so ?
-p.

Nice question Pinoc, VERY complex answer: My SO.
Very demanding. Please install this, please remove that... wheres my file... I need this recipe.... etc, etc, etc.
Anyway, the reason I decided to try getting hold of the repo is that I want to be able to replicate the system as it is. Right now, it works. However, in a few months and knowing myself AND my SO, we will rpobably fukc it up. Which means either Ill have to live with it (as I did with Ubuntu 5.10 for 2 years) or re-install. With the repos at hand.... ..... .....
Also, I want to distribute. I repair old PCs in my spare time as well. I give these away once Im done. I USED to install Mint, but thats just not cutting it anymore for me... which is why I started looking for alternative distro. Someone suggested FM so I tried it and REALLY like it. When I install it on any of these repaired machines, I want the new user to be able to add whatever package they want as well. Also, I intend providing a little training on the system, which is why I spend so much time reading up on it as well...

Yes, I HATE that other OS and will do what I can to kick it in the proverbial nuts... Oh yes, SO just asked me to remove it from her machine cos its a waste of time. I asked about her games (COD4 and FlightGear) and she told me to make them work on FM. Oh shite!!!