Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-15 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Jan 2020 at 12:48:56 +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:36:38 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > Not an acceptable solution. > > Debian can deal simply with repositories on multiple sites. > > Why not deal similarly with repositories on multiple files? > > David Wright has

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-04 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 23:16:29 +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:36:38 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: > > > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > > > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet c

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-04 Thread Brian
On Sat 04 Jan 2020 at 10:19:15 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > And... the story of user-mounting is admittedly a bit incomplete at > the moment. Mounting a file system is a somewhat dangerous operation, > because file system code is fiendishly complex, and due to historical > reasons (changing a

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-04 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:36:38 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > > > Into every life a little rain must fall. > >

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-04 Thread tomas
On Fri, Jan 03, 2020 at 11:16:29PM +, Brian wrote: [...] > > Debian can deal simply with repositories on multiple sites. > > Why not deal similarly with repositories on multiple files? > > Each repository that apt deals with on a site is a unified, coherent, > organised, single repository.

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:22:46 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/03/2020 10:51 AM, David Wright wrote: > > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > > > > > I have all the distribution DVDs st

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 14:36:38 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > > > Into every life a little rain must fall. > >

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/03/2020 12:38 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. Into every life a little rain must fall. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Richard Owlett
On 01/03/2020 10:51 AM, David Wright wrote: On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM* to be l

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Brian
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. Into every life a little rain must fall. > I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory > on my hard disk. Splendid; all you have

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 Jan 2020 at 10:30:24 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. > > I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single > directory on my hard disk. > > It would *SEEM* to be logical to use the "file option" of

Re: Using ISO images as a repository

2020-01-03 Thread Michael Howard
On 03/01/2020 16:30, Richard Owlett wrote: I have a large hard disk but a low data cap on my internet connection. I have all the distribution DVDs stored as *.ISO files in a single directory on my hard disk. It would *SEEM* to be logical to use the "file option" of sources.list . HOWEVER, all