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Re: Local installation archive



On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 03:20:49PM +0300, Robert Golovniov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>   I would like to use an FTP server on a Windows machine to do a network
>   installation  of  Debian.  So,  what  is  the  procedure  to  make  an
>   installation  DVD  disk into an FTP Debian repository? Any hints would
>   be very much appreciated.

You can probably get away with using 'dpkg-scanpackages' on the FTP
server to create the Packages.gz file, and then use debootstrap to
install from, pointing to your FTP server...

-- Thomas Adam
--
"Frankly, Mr. Shankly, since you ask. You are a flatulent pain in 
the arse." -- Morrissey.



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