How to Create Yum Repository from CDROM Media

In this post, I will guide you on how to install or update the Redhat RPM packages from mounted local CDROM. Assume that you want to install the Redhat 5 packages. Please follow below steps:

1. Mount the CDROM media.

[root@server ~]# mount /dev/hdc /media

2. Create local.repo in yum.repos.d

[root@server ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d
[root@server yum.repos.d]# vi local.repos

[RHEL-5-Repository]
name=RHEL5 repository
baseurl=file:///media/Server
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

3. Save and you can start install or update using yum command.