Re: Making installation cd from cached files
On Sunday 23 December 2001 05:52 pm, Imre Vida wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:49:16PM -0700, Dan Owens wrote:
> > Is there a way to make a cd from the apt cache of an installed system
> > that can be used with the install floppies to install Debian?
> >
> > I would like to use the boot and root floppies to get started and then do
> > the install from the cd instead of downloading from the internet. I have
> > an installed sid system, with cache, and would like to make a cd of the
> > cache for my brother, who doesn't have a fast internet connection.
>
> copy the files from/to /var/cache/apt/archives
> pay attention that the database (apt-get update)
> and the packages are in synchrony
> you can get rid of old files with apt-get autoclean
> before making the CDS
>
The tool that is needed for this turns out to be apt-move. This is a really
cool tool that makes it easy to build your own mirror. Thanks to Sridhar for
the information.
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