On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 10:43:20PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I am able to login the amd64 box anymore, I have practically > lost it as a bootable one. > > I do however have a lot of stuff (about 2GB) in > > /var/cache/apt/archives/ > > My question is: After setting up a fresh system from CD, > how can I make the newly installed OS update itself from > these already downloaded packages. > > I have tried a simple copy of the old /var/cache/apt/archives/ > to the new installation, but simply copying the packages > does not seem to work. > > Short of creating my local Debian repository, is there a > way I can instruct apt-get (or aptitude) to use the files > already downloaded. > > What I really want to do is a complete reinstall of the > packages I have. Is that possible? > > Cheers, > Ray > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
take a look at http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto greetings central
