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Re: Storing the package cache on a CD



On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 09:30:28AM -0700, S Yuval wrote:
> Greetings,
>     I'm trying to use apt-move to create a backup copy of all the packages
> I've downloaded so far, and eventually, I wish to burn this backup on a
> disc.  So far apt-move has created what looks like a package tree under
> /mirrors/debian. Once I want to burn this package cache, is there an APT
> utility that can do it for me? If not, is there a utility that can turn the
> cache into an .iso image? Also, what happens if my cache is larger than 700
> MB, how do I split it into 700 MB images?

debian-cd will do exactly this.  It does require enough disk space to
build the full set of isos at once, though.

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