[CentOS] Updating a distribution

Wed Feb 21 13:37:04 UTC 2007
Matt Hyclak <hyclak at math.ohiou.edu>

On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 07:16:14AM -0500, Jim Perrin enlightened us:
> >I've got a CentOS 4.3 distribution in nfs mount.
> Put 4.4 on the nfs mount.
> Create a local yum repository for your machines from which to update,
> and change your CentOS-Base.repo file to point to the new local repo
> for base and updates packages as well as whatever else you choose to
> mirror.  Dag's yam tool is excellent for this, though rsync or lftp's
> mirror function work quite well also.

I believe you mean mrepo, not yam. http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/mrepo/

GET IT RIGHT!

And yes, it is excellent for this.

:-)

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Matt Hyclak
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