On 17 Jun 2003, hong jun wrote:
> thank you very much.
> again, i have this question, you say:
> "Apt-cdrom does not work. What I reccommend is that the contents of the
> cdrom's be copied into four separate partitions and the
> /etc/apt/sources.list be edited to point to these partitions, e.g.
> deb file:/discs/A/debian sid main contrib local
> deb file:/discs/B/debian sid main contrib local
> etc."
> so i wonder :can i put these cdroms content in one partition?
> and the /etc/apt/sources.list is edited like the two lines upon which
> header with"deb file:/......"
>
Two reasons, each CD has its own Packages files and so the CDs cannot be
combined; there is a partition size limit with GNU which is less than
2 gig and all the packages will not fit into 2 gig partition.
Phil.
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