On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Rob Weir wrote:
> --oTHb8nViIGeoXxdp > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 12:09:08PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > In the past month, I've grabbed updates to sarge, and have them > > "archived" onto cdrom. > >=20 > > Now that I've re-installed woody, and upgraded back to sarge, how do I > > get apt-get to see these updated files, so I can save a bit of time > > sing a dialup internet connection. > >=20 > > How do I create a cdrom, that apt-get will know about? > >=20 > > Is there a HOWTO somewhere > > You can use the 'debian-cd' package to generate CD images that apt can > use. Just configure and run it (you will HAVE to read the > documentation) and then use 'apt-cdrom add' to tell apt about the CD. > If you have the .debs on disk, tho, you can create an apt'able archive > by running 'dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null > Packages' in the dir > containing them (it will recurse into subdirectories) and then pointing > apt at it with a line like this in your /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb file:///path/to/debs ./ > > Don't forget to run 'apt-get update'. Also, apt-proxy can be very handy > for dialup users, especially if you have more than one Debian system. > > --=20 > Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.ertius.= > org/ > GPG keys: 1024D/1E73B7CD, 4096R/3ABDE5EC | Do I look like I want a= > CC? > Words of the day: CDMA world domination AK-47 Becker Skipjack Lon Hori= > uchi > > --oTHb8nViIGeoXxdp > Content-Type: application/pgp-signature > Content-Disposition: inline > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+9oB8vQ+DhR5zt80RAiAsAKCY+1962McteMSqlE42UVWpQWxaDgCdG3av > PrIeMZRZ3vA7BvP08QpNfS8= > =W9HT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --oTHb8nViIGeoXxdp-- > apt-move will generate a directory structure that can be burned to a CD with mkisofs and cdrecord. In fact, I have even created my own "install" system and process using woody's installer but switching to the sid packages once the boot disks are done and base-install is finished. If anyone is interested, I can post or email you directly my instructions on doing this. -- Arthur H. Johnson II, [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: bytor4232 YIM: arthurjohnson IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
