On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 03:08:16PM -0700, Earl Eiland enlightened us: > # $Id: yum-rh.conf,v 1.2 2003/09/18 16:29:06 dude Exp $ > > [main] > cachedir=/var/cache/yum > debuglevel=2 > logfile=/var/log/yum.log > pkgpolicy=newest > distroverpkg=redhat-release > gpgcheck=1 > tolerant=1 > exactarch=1 > > [repository] > name=RH9 repository > baseurl=file://root/yum_reposRH9 > You're missing a slash. file:// is the protocol, the file is /root/yum_reposRH9. I suspect the only way this would work was if you were already in the / directory. Try: baseurl=file:///root/yum_reposRH9 Matt -- Matt Hyclak Department of Mathematics Department of Social Work Ohio University (740) 593-1263