[nflug] Local YUM Install...

[Cyber Source]

Cyber Source wrote:
> DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I am trying to configure my DWL-650+ wireless card on FC5. The problem
>> is that there are no other network cards on my laptop, so I need to copy
>> RPMs onto a cd, and get them on the laptop that way. I am trying to
>> install Madwifi, and I am having trouble installing the RPMs manually,
>> and I wanted to try doing a YUM install. As mentioned before, I have no
>> internet connectivity, so I'd like to copy all of the files (that YUM
>> would grab) onto a CD, and have YUM (on my laptop) look to the CD as a
>> source for the RPMs and install madwifi that way.
>>
>> Does anyone have any pointers on how to do this?! Thanks.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
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> Because the dependancies will be based on what is installed already, 
> you would have to do it from a box that had the exact packages 
> installed as the one you have. It would be far easier to just take 
> your box to somewhere you have internet access and do it all via yum.
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If you wanted to bring it to our shop, we have a pcmcia nic that we 
could pop in temporarily.
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