Title: yast2 seutp in SuSE8
Subject: you need to configure a mirror

Yast2 needs to be reconfigured to use a web based source media after the initial install,
so that you don't have to put the CD's in the cdrom every time you want to install a package.


This is how to set the configuration to use suse's nfs site for the source media:

yast2-> Software ->Change source of installation
     Software Source Medium:
        Network:              linux01.GwDG.de
        Directory on server:  /suse/8.0/i386

I was warned that my product info was different, as I used the DVD to install SuSE 8.0 on my laptop.  
This will be OK?

I first found the article:
 http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/lmuelle_suselinux_internet.html

and I was able to mount the samba share from the command line, but from yast2 it failed:
  mount -t smbfs //linux01.GwDG.de/SuSE /mnt/linux01

so I tried the nfs mount which worked for the command line and from yast2:
mount -t nfs linux01.GwDG.de:/suse/8.0/i386 /mnt/linux01

My God!  I have been stuck on that since yast2 came out.  

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