Petr’s blog about Linux

Sometimes you have a RHEL/CentOS server which is not connected to the Internet. But you should also install security update to prevent local hackers to mess up your system. I was not able to find some nice description how to do it. Some people are using proxies – but then you still need some connection [...]

Look at small how-to install cobbler with yum on RHEL 4.6 from scratch. Install the most RHEL 4.6 or CentOS 4.6 with default partitioning and custom installation (unselect all possible packages during installation procedure). Diable firewall and SELinux. Enable DVD repository by changing the line in /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo enabled=1 Install yum mount /media/cdrom Download packages and [...]