[CentOS] CentOS 5.5/i386/32-bit CD installation hickups

[Stephen Harris]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 08:52:55AM -0400, Boris Epstein wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Stephen Harris <lists at spuddy.org> wrote:
> > [c5-local]
> > name=CentOS-$releasever - Media
> > baseurl=file:///RedHat/DVD/CentOS-5/
> > gpgcheck=1
> > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
> > protect=1
> > priority=1
> > enabled=1
> >
> > [update-local]
> > name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates local
> > baseurl=file:///RedHat/updates/centos$releasever/$basearch/
> > gpgcheck=1
> > gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5
> > protect=1
> > priority=1
> > enabled=1
> >
> > And, of course, disable the default repositories.

> Why should I disable the default repositories, though?

If you don't then you'll have the default internet based repositories _and_
your local mirror both providing packages at the same time, and you'll gain
no benefit for having the local mirror.

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rgds
Stephen