"Chris R. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I finally got a Debian 2.0 CD, and upgrading has been really easy. However, > why does dselect feel the need to read every package file and say "skipping > deselected file" ?? This really slows down the upgrade on my slower CD-ROM, > since it aparently has to perform an access for every package file whether > I want it or not. > > Is there some way to prevent dselect from doing this?
Use the mountable or mounted method. Jens -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] KeyID: 2048/E451C639 1998/01/28 Print: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 All things are either sacred or profane. The former to ecclesiasts bring gain; The latter to the devil appertain. -- Dumbo Omohundro