On 08/01/2013 12:15 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > The problem is that by the time you've written a DVD and shipped it > somewhere everything is out of date. Just install from the Centos > minimal CD, 'yum update', and then 'yum install _list_of_packages_' . > Or for your own specific application, add any other required package > to its dependencies in the rpm. I've been using that approach recently > to upgrade some remote servers from 5.x to 6.x because it is easier > for the remote guys who don't know much linux to get the network set > up to a point where ssh works in a minimal install than to fix it up > after a clonezilla or similar image copy. Les, you seemed to have missed the part about 'no Internet' in what I was talking about (the OP may have other requirements; I just mentioned a use case for a physical disc). I have a number of systems of various flavors with no Internet connectivity that need bugfixes anyway. Not all bugs are security-related; security fixes typically aren't as important in an offline situation, but a bugfix for a driver for a piece of hardware that you're actively using can be quite important. Thus my reference to WSUSOfflineUpdate. The 'Offline' in that should be self-explanatory. I've burnt DVD media-based update repos before for updating offline CentOS, Fedora, and other boxen, in addition to using WSUSOfflineUpdate to load bugfixes onto offline Windows machines.