On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:19:22 +0000, you wrote:
>Hello Erik, hello all,
Hello Gerd, and also hello all.
>[installing RPM packages from outside the SuSE CD using YAST]
>
>> >> What do I do then from within YaSt ??.
>> >>
>> >> What have I done ??:
>> >>
>> >> 1: entered Choose/Install packages
>> >> 2: entered Change/Create configuration
>> >
>> >Try this:
>> >
>> >1) Adjustments of installation
>>
>> Works !!.
>>
>> >2) Select installation medium
>>
>> Works !!
>>
>> >3) Installation from/via...
>>
>> Here I can hear the CD-ROM drive is working, and the menu returns back
>> to the point 2 stated by you.
>
>Emm, select "from directory" here. That point should be
>somewhere to be found. Then, give the directory where your RPM
>archive sits in (hint: The CD is mounted under /var/adm/mount).
>You do _not_ have to enter the filename(s) since YAST detects
>them itself.
Ok, but nothing has been placed in /var/adm/mount. The directory is
empty.
>[...]
>
>I am not very familiar with YAST since I do not use SuSE.
Neither am I, but hope to be it :-)
>> Can I use another CD-Rom than the 5 that follows SuSe 6.1 ??. I mean
>> if I have an .RPM file on another CD-Media.
>
>Yes, of course. As mentioned already, your CD will be mounted by
>YAST under /var/adm/mount if it is not mounted already, you'll have
>to select the appropriate directory as installation source.
>
But as mentioned before, nothing stands in that directory.
>Cheers,
And beers :-)
>Gerd
Mvh - Erik Jakobsen - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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