Jonathan Moore wrote: > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Rob Kampen <rkampen at kampensonline.com> wrote: > >> Try this >> http://www.howtoforge.com/creating_a_local_yum_repository_centos >> > > What I was really looking for was a little more detail on exactly what > I *must* have from the mirror to successfully upgrade. > > Would excluding everything up to the 5.4 folder be enough? Do I need > 5.3, 5.2 etc to upgrade? > you need the /5.4/ directory and the /5/ symlink. everything else under /5.*/ are place holders with a readme file. you can exclude the SRPM directories if you want to save space and transfer time.