FC6 DVD as a repository for yum/pirut ??

[Jim Cornette]

Roy Francis wrote:
> Is there any way to make yum/pirut see the FC6 DVD (mounted) as a 
> repository ? I'm using FC6. I've tried adding 
> file://mnt/dvd/ to yum.conf, but only to see yum complain that repomd.xml is missing (but 
> it's there in FC6 DVD /repodata/repomd.xml).
> 
> Thanks
> Roy
> 

The DVD should be mounted under /media and mounted under the name of the 
DVD label. Check your /media directory for mounts named FC6 something.

Yes, this should work by default. No it does not presently work out that 
way.

Jim

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