[ale] package

Zhongbin Yu " <zyu at premtec.com> Zhongbin Yu " <zyu at premtec.com>
Mon Jul 26 18:44:05 EDT 1999


you need to mount the CD first before the files on the CD become
accessible.
something like
mount -t iso9660 -o ro /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom

cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS//.....you got the idea...

Jerry Yu
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On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, sean milligan wrote:

#im trying to install a package, when i type rpm -ivh foo-3.76-1.i386.rpm it 
#says cannot open file foo-3.76-1.i386.rpm???
#im in root, after i logged in i put the linux cd in the cd-rom drive? please 
#someone help?
#
#>From: Michael B Golden <naugrim at juno.com>
#>To: ale at ale.org
#>CC: cor.angela at mindspring.com
#>Subject: Re: [ale] Module Dependencies
#>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:41:13 EDT
#>
#>On Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:31:22 -0400 Cor van Dijk
#><cor.angela at mindspring.com> writes:
#> >Downloading and installing may not be enough!  You also have to
#> >*configure* the kernel. The following procedure always worked for me
#> >in all kinds of Linuxes, including RedHat5.2, and should work here
#>unless RedHat6.0 >is differemt:
#>
#>I have RedHat5.2.
#><snip>
#>None of that should be needed. I did not download the source. i
#>downloaded the binary rpm from RedHat6.0 from ftp.cdrom.com.
#>
#> >9. Adjust your lilo file if the name and/or location of the image are
#> >different from the previous.
#> >Done!
#> >Oh! and do not forget '/sbin/lilo'. All of the above can probably be
#> >found in "linux for idiots" and therefore I assume
#> >that your problem is different and you need a guru.
#>
#>The lilo stuff is unneeded too, I do not use lilo. I use a bootdisk
#>because of the 1024 cylinder limit.
#>
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