Skills: Linux for Fedora 8 set local updates source

FedoraCore8 after installation, you have to do is: using yum to update.

Add yum update source, the system comes with updates so odd slow, did not finish. Here is the method of installation used httpd httpd package: # yuminstallhttpd # chkconfighttpdon # servicehttpdstartor #/etc/init.d/httpdstart then install createrepo Kit: # yuminstallcreaterepo and then create the package directory fedora8 and update packages directory: # mkdir-p/var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386 # mkdir-p/var/www/html/yum/updates/8/i386 if any CD, copy all the RPM packages to/var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386 directory: # cd/misc/cd/Packages; cp-V */var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386 # cd or go here to find a mirror http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlists/publiclist/fedora/8, then use rsync to download; example: rsync-avrtrsync://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/fedora/linux/releases/8/everything/i386/os/packages//var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386 note red part must be '/' symbols; down run createrepo command: # createrepo/var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386 this command will create a directory/var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386 repodata folder, which contains the following files: # ls-l/var/www/html/yum/base/8/i386/repodata/total9268-rw-r-r-1rootroot22272752008-01-1221: 11filelists.xml.gz-rw-r-r-1rootroot64874532008-01-1221: 11other.xml.gz-rw-r-r-1rootroot7477142008-01-1221: 11primary.xml.gz-rw-r-r-1rootroot9512008-01-1221: 11repomd.xml then enter/var/www/html/yum/updates/8/i386 directory in the directory using rsync to download the latest rpm packages: rsync-avrtrsync://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/--exclude = debug//var/www/html/yum/updates/8 i386 and then set up/crontab to automatically download the latest packages: 234 */2 ***/usr/bin/rsync-avrtrsync://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/fedora/linux/updates/8/i386/--exclude = debug//var/www/html/yum/updates/8/i386 Finally, access/etc/yum.repos.d/directory, create a repo to the end of the file, as follows: [base-local] name = Fedora $ releasever-$ basearcfailovermethod = prioritybaseurl = http://192.168.0.100/yum/base/$ releasever/$ basearch # mirrorlist = http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=fedora-$ arch = $ releasever & basearchenabled = 1gpgcheck = 0 [updates-local] name = Fedora $ releasever-$ basearch-Updatesfailovermethod = prioritybaseurl = http://192.168.0.100/yum/updates/$ releasever/$ basearch/# mirrorlist = http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/mirrorlist?repo=updates-released-f $ arch = $ releasever & basearcenabled = 1gpgcheck = 0