-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/08 23:10, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:29:00 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> (Please, shorter -- but not too short -- subjects...) >> >> On 01/26/08 18:21, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 01:12:39AM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: >>> ... >>>> I have a Desktop Debian GNU/Linux Etch with network connection, >>>> and a laptop with installed only Debian GNU/Linux from netinstall.iso, >>>> but laptop has not network connection. >>>> >>>> Is it a method how to "copy" some more debian packages from >>>> my desktop Debian Etch to laptop Debian Etch, say with USB drive? >>> sure, just cp the .debs from /var/cache/apt/archives and then install >>> them. >> Or install apt-proxy on the desktop system, and point the laptop's >> sources.list at the desktop instead of the "real" sources. > > He says the laptop has no network connection - see above.
So he does. Then he must copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/archives piecemeal via DVD-R, or similar method. Or... realize that difficult choices must be made when dealing with old hardware. In this case, the Desktop needs to download a DVD .iso, or the first couple of CD .ISOs, and have the laptop install that way. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHnFIgS9HxQb37XmcRApTWAJ447KgvJoDBM8xKAZRrFK5KM3Qx5QCfWDl7 5epW+RGVN6Pb5KVQIPpgqXc= =VKvs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
