William Kinghorn wrote: > Hi All, > > What I do. > > I don't create the DVDs for myself, I run the first script, which puts the > repositories on my hard drive, which I then copy onto an USB hard drive ( > portable hard drive to some of you guys ), I then copy this onto my other > PCs, then I add this line to my sources.list file > > deb file:/backups/ubuntu dapper main restricted multiverse universe > > This way means that you don't need any other DVDs ( other than the install CD > ), everything will be on hard drive > > This setup is perfect for me, as I don't have internet access at home. > > This will work for ( I think ) all versions that Ubuntu supports, ie Ubuntu, > Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, etc. > > Another thing is that you need ( for Dapper with the above repositories ) > aprox 12Gig of hard drive space. > > For the guys who want to create the DVDs, then you need aprox 36 Gigs of > space, as the scripts create first the repositories ( aprox 12 Gig ) then DVD > sized directories ( aprox 12 Gigs ) then the ISOs ( also aprox 12 Gigs ) > which adds up to aprox 36 Gigs. > > I only had 20 Gigs on my internal hard drive, so I changed the scripts to do > the DVD sized directories and ISOs on my USB hard drive > > Hope this helps > > This is a very cool tip. Thanks.
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