On Sun, Dec 23, 2001 at 01:49:16PM -0700, Dan Owens wrote: > > Is there a way to make a cd from the apt cache of an installed system that > can be used with the install floppies to install Debian? > > I would like to use the boot and root floppies to get started and then do the > install from the cd instead of downloading from the internet. I have an > installed sid system, with cache, and would like to make a cd of the cache > for my brother, who doesn't have a fast internet connection.
copy the files from/to /var/cache/apt/archives pay attention that the database (apt-get update) and the packages are in synchrony you can get rid of old files with apt-get autoclean before making the CDS imre
