> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Owlett
> Sent: 04/24/14 12:49 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 
> 7.4.0 _Wheezy_

> I'm working towards a similar goal. My restrictions include: 1. not only 
> minimal internet , but absolutely *NO* networking at all 2. not only 
> installing a few specified packages, but allow installing *any* package from 
> the distro 3. automating the install with an appropriate preseed.cfg

Well, I hate to be the harbinger of bad news. It appears there is a bug in 
apt-cdrom that prevents one from installing packages -post-installation- from 
the USB stick without the need to access the internet. According to people in 
the know, the bug is said to have been fixed in Debian Jessie. And if the post 
referenced by 
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Debian-8-0-quot-Jessie-quot-Should-Arrive-by-the-End-of-2015-391154.shtml
 is any indication, the official release date of Debian Jessie is end 2015 (a 
wait of about 20 months.) If you know the APT package's developers, you could 
petition them to issue a bug fix before the release of Debian 7.5, which is 
planned for early May 2014.

> See my thread titled "Copying complete SET of installation DVDs to a USB 
> stick" beginning at https://lists.debian.org/53494721.3090...@cloud85.net for 
> what I've accomplished so far and hints as to how some problems will be 
> addressed.

With reference to your post at 
https://lists.debian.org/53494721.3090...@cloud85.net, if you still encounter 
problems and I think they aren't OS-specific, may I suggest that you make a 
post at http://unix.stackexchange.com/  There are many experts in that forum.

Regards.

Theodore


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