Richard Owlett wrote:
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Didn't get to it as soon as expected.
Just copying /etc/apt/sources.list and /var/lib/apt/lists is not enough.
Using either synaptic or apt-get I get an error message telling me to run
apt-cdrom so the cdrom can be recognized.
The information about what package is on which CD is present as it reports which
CD it is looking for.
years ago i copied from dvds to a subdirectory
on an external USB drive. it worked ok, but i did
have to tell in the apt sources list that i was
using a file and not a dvd.
i am pretty sure i used a "cp -r" to do it too...
fwiw, :)