Yum config, formerly Re: Finding compat-li...

[John Summerfield]

On Friday 03 December 2004 16:36, Paul Howarth wrote:
> To get yum to look at your DVD:
>
> 1. You'll need the "createrepo" package installed.
>
> 2. Let's say your DVD is mounted at /my/software/lib/fedora/3/dvd
>
>    # cd /my/software/lib/fedora/3
>    # createrepo .
>
>    That should result in a directory /my/software/lib/fedora/3/repodata
>    being created.
>
> 3. Edit /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo and comment out the line:
>    mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-
> $releasever
>    add a line:
>    baseurl=file:///my/software/lib/fedora/3
>
> Yum should now use your DVD.


Thanks for that Paul.I've saved it on my desktop to try a little later. I'm 
playing with ks installs atm.

I've also changed the subject line to help others find it in the arcives.


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