Use Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation DVD as a Software Repository in RHEL-5x & 6x

Use a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation DVD as a base software repository in RHEL-5x & 6x, either in the form of a physical disc, or in the form of an ISO image file.

• If you are using a physical DVD, insert the disc into your computer.

• Create a mount point for the repository:

[root@yum6 ~]# mkdir /home/repo

• where /home/repo is a location for the repository, for example,

• Mount the DVD on the mount point that you just created.

[root@yum6 ~]# mount /dev/cdrom /home/repo/

• If you are using an ISO image file of a disc, mount the image file like this:

[root@yum6 ~]# mount -o loop /var/ftp/pub/rhel6.iso /home/repo/

• If you are not sure whether a storage device is mounted, run the mount command to obtain a list of current mounts. If you are not sure of the device name or partition number of a storage device, run fdisk -l and try to identify it in the output.

• Create a new repo file in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory. The name of the file is not important, as long as it ends in .repo.

[root@yum6 ~]# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/ser.repo 

[server]

name=pkgs

baseurl=file:///home/repo/Server

enabled=1

gpgcheck=1

gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release

•  save the file

• Now check your base repository with following command.

[root@yum6 ~]# yum list | grep bind*

[root@yum6 ~]# yum install bind -y