yum and cdrom

[Rick Stevens]

Fred Grant wrote:
> I'd like to re-install a desktop (xfce).  I  have all the files on my 
> cd-rom to do the install, including satisfying dependencies.  I think it 
> would be easiest by using yum but I can't seem to set yum (or 
> /etc/yum.conf) to look at the cd-rom or yum says it can't find any 
> headers.  Have any of you got some pointers?  Can this be done?

If the CD is an image of a yum repository, yes, it can be done.  Yum
wants a specific directory layout.  If your CD doesn't have that layout,
yum won't work.
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