On 13 January 2013 21:57, alan c <aecl...@candt.waitrose.com> wrote: > On 13/01/13 02:14, Alan Pope wrote: > >> On 12/01/13 14:52, Dan Fish wrote: >> >>> His broadband is damn expensive and sometimes "sudo apt-get update && >>> sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade" may well use up much of his monthly >>> allowance. >>> Ironically, it's very cheap to post via snail mail a usb stick back and >>> forth! Any ideas how I can keep him up to date (albeit at monthly >>> intervals) via this method? >>> My google-fu has failed me. >>> >>> >> It's not just updates he'd miss out on, but also new packages he may >> want to install. You _could_ mirror the entire repository onto your hard >> disk and then copy that to a USB attached drive and post that over. >> Right now the entire repo (binary only) for precise takes up 53GB. >> >> Like this:- >> >> debmirror --nosource -m --passive --host=archive.ubuntu.com >> --root=ubuntu/ --method=http --progress >> --dist=precise,precise-**updates,precise-security >> --section=main,restricted,**universe,multiverse --arch=i386 >> ~/ubuntumirror/ubuntu --ignore-release-gpg >> >> He could then point his apt sources.list at the usb stick and install >> packages from it via apt or software centre, as well as update via >> update manager. >> >> Cheers, >> >> > > Maplin are selling a 64 GB USB stick for something like 30 pounds I think >
A bit cheaper from E-Buyer - but you have to pay for delivery, of course. http://www.ebuyer.com/search?a00413=64&subcat=3618&cat=458 (I don't have shares in them :-) Tony
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