Running urpmi.update on a local medium, it fails to copy the hdlist.cz to /var/lib/urpmi (though it can be manually copied without a problem) after which it appears to run something similar to gendistrib. This fails with the message:
unable to write list file of "Cooker" writing list file for medium "Cooker" urpmi-4.4-25mdk -- Levi Ramsey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take due notice and govern yourselves accordingly. Currently playing: Rush - Vapor Trails - Sweet Miracle Linux 2.4.21-3mdk 01:40:00 up 21 days, 10:58, 10 users, load average: 0.60, 0.95, 0.94