> > > > > On Tue, 2005-06-28 at 21:06 -0400, David Cary Hart wrote: > > > > > > This is probably a worthwhile endeavor if you have three or more > > > > > > machines to keep updated. There are a number of these floating > around. I > > > > > > have tried to update and simplify the process. > > > > > > > > > > > > Let me know what you think. > > > > > > http://www.TQMcube.com/repo.htm > > > > > > > > Very good! However, why the need to copy all the CD/DVD onto the HD? > Why > > > > not grab the files from Red Hat or a mirror? Have I missed > something? > > > > > > That would work equally well but David is assuming (rightly) that most > > > people will already have the CD/DVD (or at least the ISOs, which are > > > equivalent) from which they've done the OS install, so why download > > > everything again? > > > > Sorry Paul! > > > > I meant the files createrepo /var/www/html/yum/base created. From the > > repo.htm this is what I assumed was the purpose of copying the files > > from the CD/DVD. Hence, have I missed something? While Red Hat 6.2 was > > supported, I just ftp'd the updates into a directory "updates". > > Incidentally, I have two boxes, one an Intel and the other an Alpha. > > Ah, I see. It doesn't really matter where you get the files from as long > as you maintain their relationship to each other directory-wise. For > instance, on download.fedora.redhat.com, the structure is: > > Fedora -> RPMS -> all-rpm-files > | > repodata > > So to get from the repodata directory to the actual packages you > go ../Fedora/RPMS > > You'd need to maintain this relationship if you just copied the files > from there, so you'd have to have something like: > > /var/www/html/yum/base/Fedora/RPMS/*.rpm > /var/www/html/yum/base/repodata > > Using createrepo locally allows you to save a level of hierarchy and is > actually probably faster than downloading the metadata anyway. > > Note that for the "updates" area, the document does suggest copying the > metadata along with the packages, just as you did for Red Hat 6.2. > > Paul. > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [Tim Holmes] Good Morning -- This is a fascinating thread, as I am planning to establish an FC3 Repo in the next week or two. There have been some significant path changes etc discussed, and I was wondering if the originator of the thread could post an updated procedure for us newer users to follow? If I can be of assistance in helping to get this done, please let me know TIM
