Hi, Finally fixed the problem. Here is what I did in case some else is interested. 1) install suse 10.1 2) upgrade the broken yast libzypp rpms from suse/update/10.1 just download the rpms and do an rpm -Uhv or something. 3) Also install createrepo rpm 4) all I did now was run createrepo
cd /scratch/pub/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source createrepo .
5) now i can add my local suse mirror as a install source. /root# rug sa --type=zypp http://10.0.0.9/pub/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/ opensuse-local /root# rug subscribe opensuse-local Subscribed to 'opensuse-local' Any idea why the SL-10.1/inst-source/repodata dir and files are not on the main opensuse site so that they can be part of the mirror? This worked for me but is there a better way? Any one else having problems with yast? thanks Rene Rene Salmon wrote:
I just noticed that on my www server that when yast tries to add a repo it looks for this:
/pub/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/repodata/repomd.xml HTTP/1.1" 404 1040 "-" "Novell ZYPP I nstaller"
There is no such repodata folder or xml file either in suse.mirrors.tds.net nor on my local copy of it.
could this be part of the problem? why is yast looking for it?
thanks Rene
Andreas Jaeger wrote:
Rene Salmon <rsalmon@tulane.edu> writes:
Hi,
Got another problem now. I have managed to mirror both opensuse 10.1 and the suse updates 10.1. I have them both on a www server on our internal network 10.0.x.x. I have several clients on our internal network that need to install and update from this www mirror i made.
When I try to add an intallation source via yast I always get this error message:
Unable to create installation source ? ?from URL 'http://10.0.0.9/pub/opensuse/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-sour?
Double check the path.
?Details: ? ?Cannot create the installation source ? ?Try again?
Is this related to the novell-zmd stuff that is running on the servers? Do I need to have this novell-zmd thing running? These are servers and no one but root needs to be able to install software so I don't really need novell-zmd right?
You do not need novell-zmd running, you can just disable it,
Andreas
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