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| From | songbird <songbird@anthive.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... |
| Date | 2017-02-12 16:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <ta4g9-7XF-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (1 earlier) <t50wx-QR-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <t53b3-2yO-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <t9Ol3-6nD-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <t9UA9-1Yw-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <ta1UZ-6pw-5@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | the little wild kingdom |
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. 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. :) songbird
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Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-29 16:20 +0100
Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-01-29 17:30 +0100
Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-01-29 20:20 +0100
[FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-11 23:30 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-02-12 02:50 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-12 13:50 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-02-12 06:10 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-12 14:00 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-02-12 16:30 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-12 20:40 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-02-14 02:00 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-02-14 13:10 +0100
Re: [FOLLOW-UP] Re: Having scanned set of installation DVDs... songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2017-02-14 22:10 +0100
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