Accessing Internet -HOW?!?

[src2206]

Hi casper!!!
Good news- I have been able to mount all my ntfs partitions as wel as FAT32 ones automatically during startup. One small thing: I tried to create a new document in one of the FAT 32 partitions but Linux did nit allow me to save it there terming the folder as readonly. Though when I copied some .repo files to this folders they got copied prfectly and now they are showing in windows too.
So where did I go wrong? Please note that I was logged in as a root only. I tried to change the permissions of this folders to 'write' but that was not allowed.

Regarding installations I failed again . I am enclosing all the three files that you advised to be edited with this post. Please check where I have gone wrong.

FEDORA-CORE.REPO

[core]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[core-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[core-source]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

__________________________________________________ __________

fedora-extras.repo

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras CD
baseurl=file:////media/disk
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=1

[extras-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Extras CD
baseurl=file:////media/disk
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=1

[extras-source]
name=Fedora Extras CD
baseurl=file:////media/disk
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=1

__________________________________________________ _____

fedora-updates.repo

[updates]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:////media/disk
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:////media/disk
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-source]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:////media/disk
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

Thank you my friend. I know you can fix this

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

in /etc/fstab file change umask=0222 0 0 to umask=0 0 0
dont change umask of ntfs partition...

regarding ADD/Remove.....

all repos are enabled... enabled=1 but it should be enabled=0 ecxcept first....
i mean... in all files, only first "enabled" line should be equal to "1"... all others should be equal to "0"....

<=== { casper } ===>

[src2206]

Hi casper,
Let me give you one good news first- I am connected to net now through Linux. So with great support from you, two of my problems are solved. The only major problem still remaining is regarding ADD/Remove.
I have not been able to install xmms yet leave alone any other . I have made the required changes as suggested by you already. So whats next?
Thank you.

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

great !! congrats.......
you have 5 CDs set and i tried on DVD only... it worked for me... i am going to arrange CDs and try to solve this problem
for xmms.... nothing to do much ...

$ yum -y install xmms xmms-mp3

for DVD and CD ( movies and .dat files )

$ yum -y install xine xine-lib xine-skins

<=== { casper } ===>

[src2206]

Thank you casper.
Well I know you can find out a solution and I'm eagerly looking forward for that.

What are the process to update different installed softwares [like Firefox] - could you please tell me?

Thank you again.
And I'm looking forward for the solution.

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

What are the process to update different installed softwares [like Firefox] - could you please tell me?

the best way is "use yum or yumex"...
i prefer yumex coz it has GUI... you will find all the packages that need updatation... including firefox...
$ yum -y install yumex

other way is, download firefox .tar file from its website, unzip it and use it.... in this method, you will have two versions of firefox.. new and old... you have to delete old one or you can keep both... if you use yum or yumex, you dont have to do anything.. it will install new version and remove old one....

before using yum, i suggest you to configure it first for best results...
read this article... and look for yum.. well !! i already recommended this article many times in this thread.......

i'll try my best to sort out add/remove problem.......

<=== { casper } ===>

[src2206]

Thank you very much casper.
Unfortunately I am (& will be) away from my Linux machine till late evening of coming sunday (IST). So i'll put a feedback with the detailed error report (hope there would be none) here by late Sunday night. Please check back when you have time my friend.
Thank you again

[src2206]

Hi, casper
As I promised here is the details about the error that I am receiving while trying to install yumex:

[root@localhost ~]# yum -y install yumex
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core                                                                 [1/3]
file:///media/disk/repodata/repomd.xml: [Errno 5] OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/media/disk/repodata/repomd.xml'
Trying other mirror.
Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: core
failure: repodata/repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.
Error: failure: repodata/repomd.xml from core: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try.

Now I tried the same command inserting the CD1 of FC5 -I installed Linux through CDs, I do not have a DVD drive]
And the result was as follows:

yum -y install yumex Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core                                                                 [1/3]
core                      100% |=========================| 1.3 kB    00:02
extras                                                               [2/3]
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.3 kB    00:00
updates                                                              [3/3]
updates                   100% |=========================| 1.3 kB    00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 708 kB    00:03
core      : ################################################## 2185/2185
Added 2185 new packages, deleted 0 old in 17.61 seconds
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 708 kB    00:00
extras    : ################################################## 2185/2185
Added 2185 new packages, deleted 0 old in 19.00 seconds
primary.xml.gz            100% |=========================| 708 kB    00:00
updates   : ################################################## 2185/2185
Added 2185 new packages, deleted 0 old in 18.01 seconds
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: yumex
Nothing to do

I did not find the yumex in Application>System Tools menu even after a reboot.

I changed my repo files to allow installations from cd. The edited files are as folows:

fedora-core.repo

[core]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-core-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[core-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

[core-source]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY

fedora-extras.repo

[extras]
name=Fedora Extras CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/fedora-extras-$releasever
enabled=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=1

[extras-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Extras CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=1

[extras-source]
name=Fedora Extras CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=0
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-extras
gpgcheck=1

fedora-update.repo

[updates]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
mirrorlist=http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors/updates-released-fc$releasever
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-debuginfo]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

[updates-source]
name=Fedora Core CD
baseurl=file:///media/disk
enabled=0
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

The above files I copied just in case you need them.
Please help me out my friend.

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

good news..... ADD/Remove from CDs is working......

core [1/3]
core 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:02
extras [2/3]
extras 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00
updates [3/3]
updates 100% |=========================| 1.3 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files

great !!

yumex, xmms or xine are not in the Cds... you have to download these from net......

i wrote earlier ( in the ADD/Remove thread ) to copy/backup original files of yum.repos.d before editing any file.....
now.. move all files in folder yum.repos.d to some other folder .... these are to ADD/Remove from cds...
move original files you backed up earlier to yum.repos.d

$ yum clean all
$ yum -y install yumex
$ yum -y xmms xmms-mp3
$ yum -y xine xine-libs xine-skins

xmms for mp3, xine for VCD and DVDs.......

<=== { casper } ===>

[src2206]

Hi Casper,
There is a very interesting development took place which I must share with you.

I again tried the command related with yumex but I kept myself connected with internet and voala! yumex got itself installed !
As i already told you, my connection has a limited DATA TRANSFER feature, so I am more interested to install from a CD.
Secondly, I also used "yum -y update" comand while remaining connected with internet and it worked! installing all the updates, an when I stopped the connection the update also stopped.

So in the light of the above new information could you please help me out and clear this air please? Why i am still unable to install from my CDs?

thank you