On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 12:32 -0800, Johnny Smith wrote: > Thanks Paul for trying to help > > I created /media/cdrom and mounted /dev/hda5 > > using mount /dev/hda5 /media/cdrom > > Then I opened a window and did at the commamd line > > system-config-packages --tree=/media/cdrom > > I got the gui's error message that the location didn't > appear to hold a proper cd > > What could I try next? system-config-packages has two options for specifying an install source: --tree /path/to/tree --isodir=/path/to/dir "Trees" are a complete Fedora Core installation tree with the Fedora directory as well as the .discinfo file (i.e. like an "unpacked" set of ISOs). An "isodir" is a directory containing the ISO images of all the CDs (or the DVD ISO). I think that's what you have so that option should work for you. Paul. -- Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
