On 2012-10-05, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > To summarize: > > I effectively _HAVE_ the contents of a relevant repository > on 8 physically discrete DVDs. > I *REQUIRE* that content to reside on a single partition of > a single disk in a form acceptable to apt-get. > For reasons I'll not go into, any solution requiring > networking of any form is irrelevant. >
The thread below looks edifying for a simple solution to your difficulties, if I'm understanding them correctly (it consists of copying the dvds to disc as "iso" files and using apt-cdrom to create sources accessible by apt-get). http://oldsite.debianhelp.org/node/10486 HTH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

