[CentOS] Centos issues

[John]

On Sat, 2008-04-12 at 00:45 -0700, hamood Iqbal wrote:
> Hi i just swicthed from opensuse and having some issues that were not
> present in suse.
> 
> 1. add/remove software (package management)does not work. Opensuse
> flawless working.
Try this....yum install yumex  < -----Package Manager Interface for yum.

> 
> 2. how to add dvd as repository. in suse it was automatic.
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# CentOS-Media.repo      <<<--------------Look for this file
in /etc/yum.repos.d/
#
# This repo is used to mount the default locations for a CDROM / DVD on
#  CentOS-5.  You can use this repo and yum to install items directly
off the
#  DVD ISO that we release.
#
# To use this repo, put in your DVD and use it with the other repos too:
<---Pay attention to this...
#  yum --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
#  
# or for ONLY the media repo, do this:
#
#  yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c4-media [command]
 
[c5-media]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Media
### baseurl=file:///RHEL5-Repo/ #### Edited Config for a repo on hard
disk at the root { / } 
        file:///media/cdrom/            
        file:///media/cdrecorder/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=0        <-----enabled or disabled here. to enable change 0 to 1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta
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> i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle.
about 8 years....
> 
> i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server
> 
> 
> but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse.

should be pretty easy to get it going now you have the relevent
infomation to to get up and going.
I hate Suse! M$ supports them.
> Thanks
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