I have downloaded a bunch of the .deb's for potato, preserving the directory structure. I also got the Packages files
I assumed when I did this that apt would not care if some .deb files were missing, and would simply look at other sources for them. Is that correct? I also assumed that with CD's it would prompt for inserting additional CD's. Is that correct? Or do I need packages files which indicate which CD has which files? Is there a good way to generate those? I have read "Using APT Offline," sources.list(5), apt-get(8), apt-cache(8), at.conf(5) (at least the ones for current stable release, not potato). I can not tell what the answers to these questions are from those docs. "APT Offline" recommends a different procedure than I have done so far, and seems to assuming a working system--which is what I am trying to build. I appreciate any help.
