The problem turned out to be the missing /. Thanks to everyone for your help. Earl On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 16:50, Matt Hyclak wrote: > 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
