On Sat, 2004-10-09 at 18:14, Pybe wrote: > On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:45:14 -0500, W. Guy Thomas <mrguytx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I created a /mnt/mntyum that is pointing to a smbmount on my XP box that > > has lots of gigs free. > > > > How do I make yum *itself* use this mnt/mntyum for the cache? > > # copy all yum headers etc to mnt so dont have to dload > # them again (remember the 1st time) > cp /var/cahe/yum /mnt/mntyum > > # mount the new mount ontop of /var/cahe/yum this > # doesnt loose the old info just creates a virtual dir on top > mount -o loop /mnt/mntyum /var/cahe/yum > > That should do the trick. > > Pybe man, I was close!!!! the only thing I couldn't figure out was how to mount a sub dir onto an existing mnt. thanks Pybe!!! here goes nuttin'. =G
