[Yum] Local Repo not working with installroot

[shankha]

Please ignore my mail. I figured out the problem. The directory /xyz
has to be empty.
Thanks



On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 4:47 PM, shankha <shankhabanerjee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to install some files from a local repo.
>
> Here is my repo file:
>
> [cdrom2]
> name=cdrom2
> baseurl=file:///media/cdrom
> enabled=1
> gpgcheck=0
> gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
>
>
> I can execute the following command successfully:
>
> yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=cdrom2 install coreutils
>
> I am not able to execute the command:
>
> yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=cdrom2 --installroot=/xyz
> --releasever=/ install coreutils
>
> The error message:
>
> Error getting repository data for cdrom2, repository not found
>
> Thanks