On Wed 22 Mar 2017 at 20:08:28 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/17/2017 08:47 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > >As I have limited bandwidth, I install from DVDs. > >Also I frequently experiment with various options by doing a fresh > >install to a different partition. > >It is annoying to keep re-scanning a set of 13 DVDs. > >Where is the information stored? > >/etc/apt/sources.list is obvious, but where is the data about contents > >of each DVD stored? > >TIA > > It had been suggested that all the needed information might be in > /etc/apt/sources.list > PLUS > the /var/lib/apt directory > > It ain't :{
What information is missing? -- Brian.