The easiest way is to download the iso file and make a personal repo. http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/redhat-centos-fedora-linux-setup-repo.html
And yes, it works great! <http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/redhat-centos-fedora-linux-setup-repo.html> -- Peter "Excalibur" On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Excalibur Xcalibur < excalibur.xcali...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think I'll move to CentOS. That sounds like a good move. :) Thanks for > the feedback. > I was wondering whether I can use yum directly? I'll look into it but if > anybody has done in in the past and/or is aware of the relevant > documentation, please let me know. > > -- > Peter "Excalibur" > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Tim <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 10:17 +0200, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >> > It is a little puzzling that when someone asks on a fedora ML how to >> > upgrade Fedora, the answer is often "upgrade to CentOS instead". >> >> It's common enough advice for servers, or other computers where you want >> a long lifespan. Fedora needs upgrading about once a year to the next >> release, or you'll not have any updates for it, leaving you with unfixed >> bugs, and security problems. Alternatively, CentOS has a much longer >> support cycle (several years), where you can continue to update packages >> without having to upgrade the entire distribution. >> >> Upgrading can be quite a hassle on servers with data that needs keeping, >> or converting to newer formats, or if you have equipment in a rack that >> will need disassembling to change/add a drive because of boot device >> restrictions. >> >> -- >> [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r >> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 >> >> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I >> read messages from the public lists. >> >> >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@redhat.com >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> > > > > >
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