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Re: is there a default "media" yum repo file?
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:47:48 -0600
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>  perhaps i missed this when i was installing but is there a quick way
> to install a media repo file -- that is, one that tries to install off
> of the inserted DVD?
>
>  when i was using centos 5.5, there was a CentOS-Media.repo file that
> contained:
>
> [c5-media]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Media
> baseurl=file:///media/CentOS/
>        file:///media/cdrom/
>        file:///media/cdrecorder/
> gpgcheck=1
> enabled=0
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
>
>  so one could enable that repo file and pull packages directly off of
> the DVD for speed.  is there a shortcut to install that on SL 6, or
> should i just create the SL equivalent manually?  thanks.
>
> rday
>
>

Robert,

   We have not provided a "media repo" file in the past.  So you will have 
to create it manually.

-Connie Sieh

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