[CentOS] yum in CentOS 3.9

[John Doe]

From: Lars Hecking <lhecking at users.sourceforge.net>
> I need to support 3.9 for another while and thought I would set up a 
> local repo with base and updates merged into one. How can I update 
> repodata?  I don't see createrepo in 3.9.

I never used createrepo...
I just copied the 'os/<ARCH>' forlders from the DVDs, and rsync the 'updates/<ARCH>' folders from a mirror...

JD