Stuart Longland wrote:
On 18/09/15 21:57, Richard Owlett wrote:
I'll your points in reverse order.
The "repository merging" is handled by the -extract option of xorriso.
Thomas Schmitt, author of xorriso, has said in this thread to copy from
DVD using dd.
Yeah, I basically was just focusing on the mechanics of getting the
data out of the .iso image.
But you never get the desired data in the required form ;/
I'll restate my environment and goals.
ENVIRONMENT:
I have a stack of purchased Debian distribution DVDs
{Squeeze, Wheezy, & Jessie}.
[Internet capable of downloading ISOs being *NON*existent]
GOALS:
To have the ability to install multiple configurations of
multiple versions
of Debian on multiple widely separated machines with no
networking capability
[i.e. sneaker net].
METHODOLOGY:
Copy all DVDs to ISO 9660 conforming files [dd understood to
be correct tool].
Copy the resulting files to USB device for convenient loop
mounting.
As loop mounting 13 (or more) files can be cumbersome, use
xorriso to process
*.iso to obtain complete repository on a single USB device.
