Can yum download to a pen-drive?

[Todd Denniston]

Anne Wilson wrote, On 04/22/2008 01:49 PM:
> On a laptop with the LiveCD install I have the problem that I can't network, 
> as the PCMCIA card is not recognised.  I have since found that the LiveCD 
> itself can recognise and configure the card.  That makes me wonder if I could
> 
> a) install downloadonly onto the RAM-drive
> b) use downloadonly to yum the updates, saving them to a usb pen-drive
> 
> Any advice on how this might be done?  Thanks
> 
> Anne
> 

Assuming the LiveCD has a fully populated rpm database on it... have you 
considered figuring out what driver (and utils) are needed to get it working 
and then using rpm, on the LiveCD, to see what JUST the NEEDED pcmcia driver 
and utils depend on, and use that information to pull JUST those rpm's from 
the net (using a working network computer), and finally to (on the computer 
with the broken pcmcia) use `rpm -ivh *` on those rpms which you put on the 
pen-drive?

That should at least get it so that you can access the network with the 
laptop, then you can yum away to do the rest.

alternatively fedora/linux/releases/test/9-Preview/Fedora/i386/jigdo/ on your 
favorite mirror likely has jigdo's for making cd sets, assuming the 9-Preview 
release has the version of the driver you need.

Out of curiosity... how did you get the laptop installed on this far in the 
first place, i.e., what install media?

-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter