On Thu, 2005-06-30 at 00:35, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 22:30 -0700, Bob R. Taylor wrote: > > > 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. Bob > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> -- Bob R. Taylor <brtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
