Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs...
On 02/12/2017 09:26 AM, songbird wrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
songbird wrote:
...
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, :)
I have that on my TO-DO list.
There's an additional step - creating packages.gz so apt related tools look at
it as a large DVD.
the package list is in there, should be no need
to regenerate it.
if your apt sources list points to the right
directory (use file not cd or dvd in the list)
it should find it and use it.
We have different goals/assumptions.
You are creating a directory for each CD/DVD.
I have a situation in mind that mounting more than one directory would be a
problem. Thus my solution for Jessie would take 13 DVDs and create one humongous
pseudo-DVD.
P.S. I've never been described as "normal", much less "typical" ;/
i saved a ton of disk io when i was testing
things out back then.
i doubt the disk/structure has changed that
much where this wouldn't still work.
if you need the specific syntax i used for the
sources list i can probably dig it up. i think i
have backups. :)
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