geo.inbox.ignored
2016-Jul-28 06:36 UTC
[CentOS] installing centos 7 32 bit i386 to laptop
On 07/28/16 01:13, Ned Slider wrote:> On 28/07/16 06:16, John R Pierce wrote:<<>>>> hmmm, that repository has no 32 bit RPMs. >> >> http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/7/os/ >> >> but they do exist here, http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/os/ and >> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/updates/ >> >> so you might need to tweak your /etc/yum.repos.d files a bit. >> >> > > Additionally, most 3rd party repos (e.g, epel above) do not ship 32-bit > packages for el7 as there is no 32-bit offering of RHEL from Red Hat. So > not much point configuring them in yum. >---> hi Ned, you up late or early on your side of the pond? the above altarch 7 repos links do have both 32 and 64 bit directories. after reading John's post, i logged them and bookmarked both. when i am trying something new, as i am now, i like to pull files so i have them local. saves going back online if i mess something up and have need again. -- peace out. -+- Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g .
On 28/07/16 07:36, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> > > On 07/28/16 01:13, Ned Slider wrote: >> On 28/07/16 06:16, John R Pierce wrote: > <<>> > >>> hmmm, that repository has no 32 bit RPMs. >>> >>> http://mirror.steadfast.net/centos/7/os/ >>> >>> but they do exist here, http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/os/ and >>> http://mirror.centos.org/altarch/7/updates/ >>> >>> so you might need to tweak your /etc/yum.repos.d files a bit. >>> >>> >> >> Additionally, most 3rd party repos (e.g, epel above) do not ship 32-bit >> packages for el7 as there is no 32-bit offering of RHEL from Red Hat. So >> not much point configuring them in yum. >> > ---> > > hi Ned, you up late or early on your side of the pond? > > the above altarch 7 repos links do have both 32 and 64 bit directories. >I was referring to the entry you had for the EPEL repository, not the distro repos.> after reading John's post, i logged them and bookmarked both. > > when i am trying something new, as i am now, i like to pull files so > i have them local. saves going back online if i mess something up and > have need again. > >
On 7/27/2016 11:36 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote:> when i am trying something new, as i am now, i like to pull files so > i have them local. saves going back online if i mess something up and > have need again.then, ideally, pull down a copy of the whole '7/*/i386/' tree of the altarch respository, and put it on a local http file server, then you can point the CentOS-*.repo's directly to that and yum will fetch from this local repo. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
geo.inbox.ignored
2016-Jul-28 18:38 UTC
[CentOS] installing centos 7 32 bit i386 to laptop
On 07/28/16 12:31, John R Pierce wrote:> On 7/27/2016 11:36 PM, geo.inbox.ignored wrote: >> when i am trying something new, as i am now, i like to pull files so >> i have them local. saves going back online if i mess something up and >> have need again. > > then, ideally, pull down a copy of the whole '7/*/i386/' tree of the > altarch respository, and put it on a local http file server, then you > can point the CentOS-*.repo's directly to that and yum will fetch from > this local repo. >===> being 'frugal', yet a short step of 'gung ho', i am saving pages i have already logged and some of the linked pages. if while reading a page and i need to read a page i do not have, i am back at site pulling that page and it's links. after a few more trips to site, i just may well have the whole all of 7 32 bit. my current count sites that i have pulled is over 250. when i get my new 'playstation' boxen, this one will become my 'local web server'. then i will have to figure out how to run a bot to keep it updated. ;=) while i am at it, please allow me to pick your brain so i can refresh my forgetful chemo brain. after the 7-32 fiasco, in attempt to recover grub boot, i booted 6.8 install disk in rescue mode, when in sh, ran chroot /mnt/sysimage. there is where chemo brain filed. what is command to restore boot to 6.8 install. it has been a very long time when last had need. now when i do, recall fails me. -- peace out. -+- Tired of having your microsoft os hacked? Change to Linux os, used by microsoft hackers. -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.8 tc,hago. g .