Re: cdrom creation
On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Rob Weir wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 12:09:08PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote:
> > In the past month, I've grabbed updates to sarge, and have them
> > "archived" onto cdrom.
> >=20
> > Now that I've re-installed woody, and upgraded back to sarge, how do I
> > get apt-get to see these updated files, so I can save a bit of time
> > sing a dialup internet connection.
> >=20
> > How do I create a cdrom, that apt-get will know about?
> >=20
> > Is there a HOWTO somewhere
>
> You can use the 'debian-cd' package to generate CD images that apt can
> use. Just configure and run it (you will HAVE to read the
> documentation) and then use 'apt-cdrom add' to tell apt about the CD.
> If you have the .debs on disk, tho, you can create an apt'able archive
> by running 'dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null > Packages' in the dir
> containing them (it will recurse into subdirectories) and then pointing
> apt at it with a line like this in your /etc/apt/sources.list
>
> deb file:///path/to/debs ./
>
> Don't forget to run 'apt-get update'. Also, apt-proxy can be very handy
> for dialup users, especially if you have more than one Debian system.
>
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apt-move will generate a directory structure that can be burned to a CD
with mkisofs and cdrecord. In fact, I have even created my own "install"
system and process using woody's installer but switching to the sid
packages once the boot disks are done and base-install is finished. If
anyone is interested, I can post or email you directly my instructions on
doing this.
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