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Mounting DVD as Local Repository
 
Steps
Procedures
1.
Insert the RHEL 9.6 installation DVD to your computer’s DVD drive.
2.
Switch user to the “root” account:
$ su - root
3.
Create a mount point for the repository:
# mkdir –p <mount point>
e.g.
mkdir –p /mnt/rhel9
4.
Determine the device name of the DVD drive:
# cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info
Note: the first CD or DVD drive on the system is typically named sr0
5.
Mount the DVD on the mount point that you have just created:
# mount –r –t iso9660 /dev/sr0 <mount point>
e.g.
# mount –r –t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/rhel9
 
Where:
iso9660: for the ISO image
sr0: the device name
/mnt/rhel9: mount point