installing fc4 kernel (new to fc but not linux)

[Kevin J. Cummings]

Markku Kolkka wrote:
> Gezim Hoxha kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 16. 
> kesäkuuta 2005 08:18):
> 
>>Since I installed RC4 from HD I
>>don't have a "copy" of the CD #4 but I have the .iso. Would I
>>need to burn a copy then mount it,
> 
> 
> You can mount the .iso file without burning it:
> mount -o loop <path to .iso file> <mount point>
> 
>>or how does this RPM thing 
>>work?
>>
>>[root at WarpPower ~]# pwd
>>/root
>>[root at WarpPower ~]# rpm -Uvh
>>kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm error: open of
>>kernel-devel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.i686.rpm failed: No such file
>>or directory
> 
> 
> You must give the rpm command a path to an existing file, it 
> can't magick packages out of thin air.

Maybe not, but system-config-packages can read directly from the iso 
files if you give it the --isodir=PATH option

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