On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:15:53AM -0700, Michael Paulsen wrote: > On 3/21/08, Tom Goulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/21/08, Michael Paulsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I haven't tried merging a the CD's yet. I'm cleaning of a HD partition > > > in preparation for my first attempt. Mean while I found a program > > > APT-MOVE, anyone know about this? I haven't looked up any man pages on > > > it yet, but I'm wondering if this is something I should use. > > > > I think you should use it if you were planning on setting up a local > > Debian mirror for your other computers there. Otherwise, the brute > > force cp approach looks easier. > > Yea, I'm thinking your right. Been looking at/for documentation on > APT-MOVE and I'm thinking its more complicated then I want to handle.
I did this years ago, and I just copied the contents to separate directories and used the apt command (forget which) so that it looked for the cd in a mounted directory. I, too, am on rural dial-up. However, after the initial install, the biggest problem isn't installing software, but the security updates that thus don't come on the CDs. When doing the initial install, I do base, then groups of related packages keeping the download to a reasonable time (e.g. under 12 hrs). Luckily, you can interrupt aptitude to use the phone and it will carry on again. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
