[Fedora] Re: [Resolved][FC4] Missing documentation?

[Charles Curley]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 09:50:13PM -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> 
> >>If you are using NFS, just point it to the directory the ISOs are in.  NFS
> >>installs can use the ISO images instead of an exploded tree.
> >>   
> >>
>    This is where I wasn't sure when I replied to Brian earlier today.  
> I'm of the old school, where we had to explode the tree (copy all the 
> discs into one large folder) and till this day, I still do that.  Call 
> it routine if you will.  There is another reason why I like doing this: 
> it's easier to install missing packages afterwards - they're already 
> exploded and ready to go.  I keep a live tree of both the Fedora install 
> discs as well as the SRPMS discs (and updates) that I can access at any 
> time.

Even with the goal of the occasional new package, you don't need both
the ISOs and the exploded tree. See:
http://www.charlescurley.com/yum.html for how to get both for the
price of one. In the writeup, see 2.1.5. Accessing the Packages.


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