[RFC] Dell hardware-specific repositories -- testers and feedback needed

[Michael E Brown]

On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 02:04:28PM +0200, Berthold Cogel wrote:
> Michael_E_Brown at dell.com schrieb:
> > All,
> >     I have put up a set of yum repositories at http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware. Instructions are on the main page for how to set them up. Below is a quick question-and-answer format description of what this is.
> > 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Following the instructions I got this:
> 
> [root at cipsrv root]# wget -q -O -
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/software/bootstrap.sh | bash
> Downloading GPG key: http://linux.dell.com//repo/software/RPM-GPG-KEY-dell
>     Importing key into RPM.
> Downloading GPG key:
> http://linux.dell.com//repo/software/RPM-GPG-KEY-libsmbios
>     Importing key into RPM.
> Installing dell-repository-18-0.el3.noarch.rpm
> Done!
> [root at cipsrv root]# up2date -i dellhw-repository
> http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/mirrors.pl?dellname=pe2950&osname=el3.i386
> using mirror: http://linux.dell.com//repo/hardware/pe2950/el3.i386

Did you do manual configuration in the past? That is the only way this
repo would show up.

> 
> Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rhel-i386-as-3...
> 
> Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: dell-hardware-pe2950...

Odd.. the dell-software repository isnt showing up here. Can you check
/etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources and ensure that the dell-software repos are
in there?

> 
> Fetching rpm headers...
> 
> Name                                    Version        Rel
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> The following packages you requested were not found:
> dellhw-repository
> 
> 
> and:
> 
> 
> [root at cipsrv root]# up2date-nox --show-available
> --channel=dell-hardware-pe2950 An error has occurred:
> This system may not be updated until it is associated with a channel.
> See /var/log/up2date for more information

This may very well be the source of the error. Have you registered your
system with RHN?
--
Michael