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The contents of this CD-ROM are Copyright (C) 2000 Mandrakesoft 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 Mandrakesoft and Red Hat Software are as noted in the file COPYING.
Mandrake and its logo are trademarks of Mandrakesoft S.A.
Red Hat, RPM and glint are trademarks of
Red Hat Software, Inc.
This directory is organized as follows:
| |--> Mandrake/ | |
| | |--> RPMS/ | binary packages |
| | |--> base/ | small filesystem setup archives |
| | `--> mdkinst/ | image used for graphical installs |
| |--> boot/ | boot images and kernel |
| |--> images/ | ramdisk images |
| |--> doc/ | installation help files in various languages |
| |--> dosutils/ | installation utilities for DOS |
| |--> misc/ | source files, install trees |
| |--> lnx4win/ | Windows(TM) installer |
| |--> tutorial/ | Linux Mandrake demos and tutorial |
| |--> VERSION | current version number |
| |--> RPM-GPG-KEYS | GNUPG key signing Mandrake RPMs |
| |--> 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 "Mandrake/", as well as the disk images from "images/" that you need for your system.
See the install.htm file.
IMPORTANT COMPATIBILITY NOTE:
Mandrake is built with CPU speed optimizations for Pentium-class (Pentium(tm) and compatibles, AMD K6, Cyrix M2, PIII...) so it WILL NOT RUN on older i386 and i486 based computers. However, a special version compiled for those CPUs will be available for download from our servers and on cheap CD-Roms.
All the Linux-Mandrake 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, Linux-Mandrake can send you a source archive for a small fee.
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 newbie@linux-mandrake.com with
subscribe newbie
in the body of the message.
If you did not receive documentation with this product, you can order
the Mandrake PowerPack Edition (several Mandrake CDs + Installation &
Use Guide + 100 days installation support!) from our distributors on:
Mandrakesoft can be reached at: