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(Create a yum repo from the Centos bin DVD iso)
 
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  ln -s /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS RPMS
 
  ln -s /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS RPMS
 
  createrepo ./
 
  createrepo ./
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* Create the /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo file
 
  vi /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo
 
  vi /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo
 
The dvd.repo file looks like:  
 
The dvd.repo file looks like:  
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  dvdyum='yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=dvd'
 
  dvdyum='yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=dvd'
  
Anytime you use dvdyum, make sure the bin dvd is attached and mounted.
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This allows you to use 'yum' to target normal / local repos, and 'dvdyum' to target only the repo made from the bin DVD. Anytime you use dvdyum, make sure the bin dvd is attached and mounted.
  
 
===== Common yum commands =====
 
===== Common yum commands =====
  dvdyum search screen
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  yum search screen
  dvdyum install screen.i386
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  yum install screen.i386

Latest revision as of 11:36, 26 July 2006

Centos

The install was a total breeze. Download an iso, make a new VM of type redhat linux, turn it on, map the ISO to a device, install.

Adjusting the console size

Edit

/boot/grub/grub.conf

and append vga=XXX to the uncommented line that begins with 'kernel' so that it looks something like:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-34.EL ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 vga=791

Not sure where the 791 came from; found it on some forum.

Disable smartd

We don't need the 'smart' disk stuff, since Mac OS X handles all that

sudo find /etc/rc.d/rc* -name '*smartd*' | xargs rm

Virtual desktops

Make sure "Enable access for assistive devices" is disabled in the Universal Access prefpane in order to allow VirtueDesktops to work properly.

Package Management with yum

Create a yum repo from the Centos bin DVD iso
  • Get a copy of CentOS-4.3-i386-binDVD.iso
  • Map the iso to cd/dvdrom 1 using the Devices menu in Parallels
  • Mount it
mount /media/cdrom
  • Create the repo using the following steps
rpm --import /media/cdrom/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
yum localinstall /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS/createrepo{TAB}
mkdir /var/local/dvd.repo
cd /var/local/dvd.repo
ln -s /media/cdrom/CentOS/RPMS RPMS
createrepo ./
  • Create the /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo file
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/dvd.repo

The dvd.repo file looks like:

[dvd]
name=Local DVD
baseurl=file:///var/local/dvd.repo
enabled=0
  • Make a shell alias such as:
dvdyum='yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=dvd'

This allows you to use 'yum' to target normal / local repos, and 'dvdyum' to target only the repo made from the bin DVD. Anytime you use dvdyum, make sure the bin dvd is attached and mounted.

Common yum commands
yum search screen
yum install screen.i386