Using CentOS 5.4 with HP Insight Control for Linux 6.2

Note: All CentOS mirror sites contain an ISO file that is divided into 7 parts. Several of the mirror

sites also contain a 4.3 GB single DVD ISO.

HP recommends that you download the single DVD ISO file.

HP has found that the 7-part ISO file does not contain the full complement of RPMs needed to

install either a managed system or a CMS.

This white paper discusses copying the contents of the entire DVD distribution into an ICE-Linux

repository directory.

Step 2: Add the Distribution Software to the Repository

After downloading the DVD distribution image, use the following procedure to add it to the repository:

1. Open a web browser and log into the CMS.

2. Select Options→IC-Linux→Manage Repository

3. Select New

4. Select Supported OS in the Item type menu, even though CentOS is not a supported OS.

5. Click Next >.

6. Select where the distribution will be hosted.

For this white paper, the location is Locally (on the IC-Linux management server).

7. Click Next >.

8. Enter CentOS5.x _x86_64 in the Name field.

9. Enter CentOS 5.x x86_64 in the Description field.

10. Select RHEL5 Server U4 x86_64 from the Operating System pull-down menu.

11. Click Save.

Two new directories have now been created in the repository:

• A directory in which to place the installation boot files and

• A directory in which to place the contents of the DVD distribution.

Step 3: Mount the DVD Distribution

Now you can add the contents of the CentOS distribution to the repository. If the DVD image is a file,

you can mount it using the loop-back device:

# mkdir /mnt/distro

# mount -o loop /iso_path/CentOS-5.x-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso /mnt/distro

If you burned the downloaded ISO onto a DVD, insert the DVD in the drive and copy the files from

there.

NOTE: The remaining steps assume that the contents of the DVD are available from the

/mnt/distro directory.

Step 4: Copy the Distribution to the Repository

After the distribution is available, copy its contents into the repository.

# cp -a /mnt/distro/* /opt/repository/os/CentOS5x_x86_64

After the operation is complete, you can remove the DVD from the drive, or unmount the ISO.

Substitute your version of CentOS for 5.x.