No, the first 4 CDs of the PowerPack or PowerPack+ are not the same as the 4 CD Official set.

i emailed mandrakesoft to see what is going on , and all i got was www.mandrakeclub.com to get the iso. well the problem is that im not a member. i have no idea if they will release this one to public....................

Yes they are fairly identical.

The remaining RPM's from the other disks, are largely available from the URPM repositories.

Go here: http://www.zebulon.org.uk/urpmi_en.html

and follow the directions. They apply to 10.1 as well.

Thanks again opjose. Those router addresse were correct (although I have changed them back to 192.168.1.2). The boot CD worked with the addresses as suggested. However the site only offered Mdk 10.1 Community, not the Official I was wanting. I have not been able to find a site with 10.1 Official so far.

No if you see community, you are looking at the ISO's.

The Official ISO's have not been released as ISO's yet, but the entire RPM tree is up on the repositories.

That means you can download the boot.iso file and perform the installation as if you were installing from a remote source.

You end up with "official".

its been awhile since my last email to mandrake soft asking :

Will it be avaiable for public download?
When?
and pointing out it has amost been a frikkin month and what is the problem?

and i have recieved nothing . though i used a different email so i wont be on records.

im starting to feel hopeless for mandrake....................

just to think on 10.0 .... it was released to public like 1-2 weeks after it was announced.

mandrakesoft is starting to piss me off......................... starting to download fedora 3 now.............. u know ,just for backup

What's the problem installing via the boot.iso file?

i have to install on several computers...... on a 26KByte connection. would take several hours /few days. i dont have that time my computer has to be accessable at ANY time

No, you only need to install it this way on the first computer, then use it as the source for the others.

im not a fan of ftp install i would like cds. i also install linux on computers that dont have nics. i HAVE to have cd/dvd media. and i will also be installing linux on a neighbors computer that only has a 56k .

So your choices are:

1) Buy it.

2) Wait

3) Download from the repositories and burn CD or DVD.

1: dont have money to spend. ( only 15 with a minimual wage job)
2: i need to uphrade to 10.1 NOW ,,,,, my moms NEW abit mobo's sound is not supported and her printer dosent work though is supported.
3: have to have MEDIA!!!!

Then choice three is your only option.

Create your own media.

how? download the tree and burn to dvd?

speaking of the devil.................... EVERYBODY run mandrake update. Xfree and the cd application has LOTS of holes. it says it would be a 90MB update. and released today