Re: [Xen-users] Create a domU using rpmstrap CentOS

["john maclean" <jayeola@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had *alot* of trouble with rpmstrap. Googled, did a bit of reading
and came up with this:- http://wiki.blagblagblag.org/Xen_images. It
works for me everytime - that's whay I wrote it ;)

On 22/10/06, Michael Kress <kress@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Joao,
>
> Joao Correia wrote:
> > Hello many thanks, I had looked over yum but I get this error:
> >
> > [root@springpbx-sitic /]# yum -c /etc/yum.conf --installroot=/mnt -y
> > groupinstall Base
> > Setting up Group Process
> > Setting up repositories
> > not using ftp, http[s], or file for repos, skipping - Null is not a
> > valid release or hasnt been released yet
> > Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: update
> > Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: update
> > [root@springpbx-sitic /]#
> >
> > Any tips ?
>
> you have to hardcode your release number in
> /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo.
> I use for example:
> [base]
> name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
> ###
> mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
> baseurl=http://my-local-server-in-lan/centos/4/os/$basearch
> gpgcheck=1
> gpgkey=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4
>
> (note the "4" in the baseurl line.)
> Same thing for update repo entries.
>
> On the following page I've seen another comment/discussion about the issue:
> http://wiki.sisuite.org/BuildingLinuxChroots
> Maybe it's some use i.e. first installing the centos-release rpm, but I
> haven't tried it yet.
>
> HTH
> Regards,
> Michael
>
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