Install programs from cd in fedora

[easg]

I Installed fedora 6 yesterday just to find out that you can`t install a program if you do not have an internet connection, I find some info of how to copy the content of the installation cd to create a local repository but they didn`t work, it says that I have to run the followin commands

mount /media/cdrom
cp -Rf /media/cdrom/* /var/ftp/pub/os/

but when I try to mount the cd there is this error message "Can`t find /media/cdrom in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab

does anybory know the instruction to do this?, create a local repository from installation disk.

[mikeL]

how about trying mount /dev/cdrom instead of /media/cdrom

[easg]

The same error, It would be more convenient that this tool uses the cd or dvd of fedora as a primary repository leaving the internet ones as alternative, not the way they leave it and not only in fedora in ubuntu I had the same problem too.

[mikeL]

are you logged in as root?

from the terminal su -
then enter roots password

then try mounting /dev/cdrom

[ghost2003]

What command do you use to mount /dev/cdrom?
Please post the contents of /etc/fstab.

[easg]

/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults 1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 swap swap defaults 0 0

[ghost2003]

Try adding the line

/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0

to /etc/fstab.

echo "/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro,user 0 0" >> /etc/fstab

Remember to make a backup first. ;)

Then do

mount /media/cdrom


This is all assuming that /dev/cdrom is your cdrom device. All I have seen tells me that thats how its done in FC.