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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- # 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-$releasever - Media ### baseurl=file:///RHEL5-Repo/ #### Edited Config for a repo on hard disk at the root { / } file:///media/cdrom/ file:///media/cdrecorder/ gpgcheck=1 enabled=0 <-----enabled or disabled here. to enable change 0 to 1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-beta -------------------------------------------------------------- > i choose centos b/c it has the longest upgrade cycle. about 8 years.... > > i am using centos 5.1 on vmware server > > > but if i cant solve it i will switch back to suse. should be pretty easy to get it going now you have the relevent infomation to to get up and going. I hate Suse! M$ supports them. > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- ~/john OpenPGP Sig:BA91F079