Re: [debian-knoppix] Update Knoppix installed in hard Disk

[Klaus Knopper <knopper@linuxtag.org>]

On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 12:38:40AM -0600, Bill Eastman wrote:
> Dieter Wirz wrote:
> >On Monday, 05 Jan 2004, Willy Walker wrote:
> >
> >>  Is posible update a old knoppix installed in hard disk?
> >
> >
> >Once knoppix is installed on a hard disk, it's no more a Knoppix;-) it's a
> >Debian/Gnu Linux. And Debian is very well upgradable (Hint: apt-get,
> >aptitude, sources.list....)
> >
> >But AFAIK there is no possibility to insert an-up-to-date Knoppix-CD and
> >type knoppix_upgrade .
> >
> 
> What about burning the new iso, and then use the apt-cd (or whatever 
> part of apt upgrades from the cdrom)?

You can do a

for i in $(COLUMNS=240 dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}')
 do
  echo dpkg-repack --root=/KNOPPIX "$i"
 done

to create packages from a running KNOPPIX CD to a writable harddisk
partition, and install/update these packages with dpkg -i.

Using the Knoppix repository at http://developer.linuxtag..net/knoppix/
plus the standard debian mirrors is easier, though.

Regards
-Klaus Knopper
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