Re: Handling apt-get, apt-cdrom, sources.list, cdroms.list

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> The two CDs I have are actually two DVDs that came out of a magazine,
>> including the complete Debian Sarge 3.1 stable.
>> I have no more installation media.
>> I thought they were including everything I'd need, but instead,
>> if I understand what you say, they are not sufficient to fully satisfy
>> all the installation needs with Debian Sarge.
>> Sorry if I'm not technically correct.
>> Does anybody know how I could burn a source CD for the two I have?



Chris Metzler writes:

> Do you not have network access from that machine?  If so, just add
> some network sources to your sources.list, and pull the source from
> over the net.
>
> This is all explained in the documentation, btw.
>
> man sources.list
> http://www.debian.org/doc/ (esp. the Apt HOWTO)


Thanks, I'll try.
Only, I'm disapponted because I'd preferred I could do without the net
when installing packages: that all I needed was there in my two DVDs.

Cheers,
Rodolfo