Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | Suggestion: Install from DVD's but also specify an FTP site when | prompted. Once you're happy that everything works, if you # out the | DVD lines then you'll get security updates and so on from the Net. | Looks like a good idea, I will do like that. | > --

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:38:07PM +0100, Yvan wrote: > Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: > > | If you use apt-get, use -s for simulate or --dry-run > > Sorry I just remembered. I use apt-get (synaptic). If I add three > "testing" DVD-s to apt-s list of available sources, and if the package I > wan

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | If you use apt-get, use -s for simulate or --dry-run Sorry I just remembered. I use apt-get (synaptic). If I add three "testing" DVD-s to apt-s list of available sources, and if the package I want to install is the same at both DVD and Debian repositories will it

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | This Sempron is 64 bit capable. It will run the 32 bit i386 with no | problems. amd64 is what you need for your 64 bit architecture: ia64 | is the Intel Itanium. There are slightly fewer packages: some 32 bit | only packages don't work easily (Real Player and Fl

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:10:15AM +0100, Ivan Imperl wrote: > Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: > > | Testing is currently settling down immediately prior to release : > | once it's released, the pace of updates will be slow and > | manageable. > | > | Most of what you need is on the first DVD o

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Ivan Imperl
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | Testing is currently settling down immediately prior to release : | once it's released, the pace of updates will be slow and | manageable. | | Most of what you need is on the first DVD of any Debian set - | therefore all you need is a 4.4GB download. I do not

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-08 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 05:46:56PM +0100, Yvan wrote: > > I know about jigdo, I used it last year, but now whoever was > responsible for creating .jigdo and .template files for unstable / sid > stopped updating files: > > ftp://ftp.fsn.hu/pub/CDROM-Images/debian-unofficial/sid-dvd/jigdo/ > Thes

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-08 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Albert Dengg pise: | well, as an alternative to the option of the previous poster (run a | netinstall), you could also use jigdo to download the images for the | testing distribution, which should not be much difference to | unstable... | | though, it is probably faster to run a netinstal

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-08 Thread Albert Dengg
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:51:48AM +0100, Ivan Imperl wrote: > I am on a slow dial-up connection to the Internet, and I use (at home) > Debian unstable. Last year I used jigdo to download 3 DVD-s from my > friend with cable Internet. Now it seems that .jigdo files for Debian > sid are outdated. >

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-08 Thread Paul Scott
Ivan Imperl wrote: I am on a slow dial-up connection to the Internet, and I use (at home) Debian unstable. Last year I used jigdo to download 3 DVD-s from my friend with cable Internet. Now it seems that .jigdo files for Debian sid are outdated. Is there a way to download all packages needed for

Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-07 Thread Ivan Imperl
I am on a slow dial-up connection to the Internet, and I use (at home) Debian unstable. Last year I used jigdo to download 3 DVD-s from my friend with cable Internet. Now it seems that .jigdo files for Debian sid are outdated. Is there a way to download all packages needed for latest Debian sid (a