adding new packages

[David S. Johnson]

David S. Johnson wrote:

> Albert DE WINT wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I installed Fedora Core 1 from ISO's previously downloaded on my
>> Mandrake partition.  I did not actually burn the disks. (It's a waste of
>> CDROM's)
>>
>> Now I would like to add some packages.  (I may need some tools and
>> libraries to compile an OSS sound module and to have the
>> nVidia-installer compile a 3D driver.)
>>
>> After selecting the packages, the Fedora installer requests to insert
>> the 1st CDROM, which obviously I don't have. 
>> Is there a way to install the selected packages from the ISO's,
>> previously stored on my Mandrake partition?  Or will I have to burn the
>> disks anyway?
>>
>> Thanks for any assistance.
>>
>> Albert
>>
>>
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> If you mount the first iso file, e.g. "mount -o loop,ro /mnt/cdrom 
> /path-to-iso/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso" and read through the README file, 
> it has directions for creating a directory from the ISOs for an 
> NFS-based installation.  However, substitute "Fedora" where you find 
> "RedHat" referenced in the directions.
>
Oops.  "mount -o loop,ro /path-to-iso/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/cdrom" 
will work much better ;-)

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