Re: Upgrade on box not on Net
On 16:02 Thu 05 Jul , Celejar wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 20:25:09 +0100
> John K Masters <johnmasters@oxtedonline.net> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to upgrade a box not connected to the Internet?
> >
> > I run etch on my home desktop and sid on my laptop but I have a machine
> > at work that is not, and never likely to be, connected to the internet.
> > It currently has etch installed off the 3 DVD set which I downloaded via
> > jigdo. I know I can create updated DVDs of etch using jigdo but how
> > could I upgrade from etch to sid with no internet connection? Is this
> > possible or even advisable? The main reason for wanting to upgrade is
>
> This is what the apt-zip package is for.
>
Thanks for that - works fine. I have Martin Krafft's book The Debian
System always at hand but could find no reference to apt-zip or any
other way of solving my problem. Is apt-zip a fairly new package?
Regards, John
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