Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-14 Thread Jacob S.
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:42:47 +0530 "J.S.Sahambi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a two debian/unstable systems (let us name them PC-A and PC-B). > > Both have got different packages installed. PC-A is connected to > internet with 2 MBps link and so there is no problem in upgrading it > regu

Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-14 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 12:29:53PM +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > > >But if for whatever reason it must remain unconnected, then you'll want > >to get the .deb packages downloaded on PC-A for transfer to PC-B. > > > >apt-get has a -d option: > >apt-get -d install [package] which downloads a .deb to

Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-14 Thread J.S.Sahambi
But if for whatever reason it must remain unconnected, then you'll want to get the .deb packages downloaded on PC-A for transfer to PC-B. apt-get has a -d option: apt-get -d install [package] which downloads a .deb to /var/cache/apt/archives/[package][version].deb So to upgrade everything on P

Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-13 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 10:42:47AM +0530, J.S.Sahambi wrote: > I want to know is there any method by which I can download the packages > requiring upgrade for the PC-B in PC-A (remember PC-A and PC-B have > different list of installed packages!)? Check out apt-mirror http://apt-mirror.sourcefor

Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-13 Thread dircha
J.S.Sahambi wrote: I have a two debian/unstable systems (let us name them PC-A and PC-B). Both have got different packages installed. PC-A is connected to internet with 2 MBps link and so there is no problem in upgrading it regularly. PC-B is not connected to internet. So I whenever I need to u

Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-13 Thread J.S.Sahambi
PC-B is not connected to internet. So I whenever I need to upgrade the system I download the 5 CD's of sid form ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sid/ , burn then in RW-CDs and then upgrade the system. I want to know is there any method by which I can download the packages re

Re: how to upgrade a debian system not connected to network

2004-06-13 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
J.S.Sahambi wrote: I have a two debian/unstable systems (let us name them PC-A and PC-B). Both have got different packages installed. PC-A is connected to internet with 2 MBps link and so there is no problem in upgrading it regularly. PC-B is not connected to internet. So I whenever I need to u