[RHEL 6] Unable to install from kickstart using DVD image as installation source/repository

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

Issue

  • At least one package can't be installed from kickstart using x86_64 DVD image RHEL6.0-20100909.1-Server-x86_64-DVD1.iso as an installation source
  • The package also can't be installed with yum using the DVD contents as a repository

Resolution

  • For kickstart installations, add the 'repo' directive for each AddOn repository that is needed (HighAvailability, LoadBalancer, etc).

  • For installing packages from the DVD using yum, add a yum repository configuration for each needed AddOn.

  • How to add a local yum repository, please follow below steps.

Mount RHEL 6 ISO to /media/rhel6

# mount -o loop RHEL6.0-20101111.0-Server-x86_64-DVD.iso /media/rhel6

Copy media.repo file from the RHEL 6 ISO to /etc/yum.repos.d/

# cp /media/media.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel6.repo

Configure the repo file to point to the /media/rhel6

# vi /etc/yum.repos.d/rhel6.repo

add following line

baseurl=file:///media/rhel6/Server

If  you want to configure repository for HighAvailability , LoadBalancer ,  ResilientStorage ,  ScalableFileSystem then you can add following lines  in rhel6.repo file

[dvd-HighAvailability]
mediaid=1289489697.332694
name=DVD for RHEL6 - HighAvailability
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6/HighAvailability
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dvd-LoadBalancer]
mediaid=1289489697.332694
name=DVD for RHEL6 - LoadBalancer
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6/LoadBalancer
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dvd-ResilientStorage]
mediaid=1289489697.332694
name=DVD for RHEL6 - ResilientStorage
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6/ResilientStorage
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

[dvd-ScalableFileSystem]
mediaid=1289489697.332694
name=DVD for RHEL6 - ScalableFileSystem
baseurl=file:///media/rhel6/ScalableFileSystem
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

Root Cause

In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, each AddOn on the DVD had its own Packages/ directory.  In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 the structure switched to a single Packages/ directory that is symlinked from the various subdirectories.  Repodata is used to distinguish which RPMs belong to the base product and which belong to each of the AddOns.The primary motivation for this change was to eliminiate package duplication.  There were already several RPMs that appeared more than once and the old setup would have caused them to get included multiple times on the DVD.  Additionally, having a single Packages/ directory allows for more future flexibility.

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