[NCLUG] linux distro CDs

[scottkly at frii.com]

> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 06:38:43 -0700
> From: "Donald A. Syvanen" <dsyvanen at uschoice.net>
> I have 'yum -y update'
> a long way, and my question is: can I replace these updated files and
> make a CD with them and make a proper installation?

Rather than making your own redhat distribution, you might find it easier
to make an archive of your /var/cache/yum directory.  This is where yum
stores all of the headers and rpms it downloads.  If you copy this archive
to a freshly installed computer, and run `yum -y update`, it will only
need to download packages newer than those in the archive, saving
significant time and bandwidth.  I find myself frequently performing new
fedora installs, and I have used this strategy successfully many times.

-Scott