[nflug] Local YUM Install...

[DANIEL MAGNUSZEWSKI]

There is no ethernet port on the laptop - the wireless card I'm setting
up is my only way to get to the internet. 


>>> peter at thecybersource.com 07/06/06 3:58 PM >>>
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
>
> _______________________________________________
> nflug mailing list
> nflug at nflug.org 
> http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug 
>
>   
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.



_______________________________________________
nflug mailing list
nflug at nflug.org
http://www.nflug.org/mailman/listinfo/nflug