On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:01 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
As an extension of this: is it possible to upgrade a Fedora 10 install to Fedora 11, by using the Fedora 11 DVD as a local repository ? This would save me (and also lot of other people who do not have fast Internet connections and/or with time-capped Internet subscriptions), a lot of bandwidth and time (and $$).
(As a 'by the by', I also prefer the Fedora 10 theme & artwork ('Solar' theme) over Fedora 11's).
Thanks,
Jay
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 23:32:48 +0530,Sure. Just put the rpms of interest in a directory, run createrepo on the
Jay Mistry <jaylinux53@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I had to re-install Fedora 10 on a home desktop PC. In regard to this:
>
> Is it possible to have a local cache/ "repository" of all
> 1) Updates (Critical, Security, Bug-fixes), and
> 2) Additional installed rpm's (that were installed through PackageKit), e.g.
> Opera, Adobe Reader, etc.
> so that I do not have to download all those again (800 MB + D/L)
directory and set up an appropriate repo description in
/etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo for some value of *.
For myself I usually mirror the relevant arch parts of updates and
updates-testing and only put a few special things in a local repo.
As an extension of this: is it possible to upgrade a Fedora 10 install to Fedora 11, by using the Fedora 11 DVD as a local repository ? This would save me (and also lot of other people who do not have fast Internet connections and/or with time-capped Internet subscriptions), a lot of bandwidth and time (and $$).
(As a 'by the by', I also prefer the Fedora 10 theme & artwork ('Solar' theme) over Fedora 11's).
Thanks,
Jay
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