Heather wrote: > > Actually, you could use MSwin to download raw debs that you want into > a section of your MSwin space, mount them under linux as type vfat, > and use a file: URL in /etc/apt/sources.list > Before I discovered apt I used this technique. Became quickly irrating as there was always one .deb package you missed which involved reboot the machine and going through the familar tedious process of getting the deb packages. If you do plan to do this I would recommend a copy of LeechFTP (http://linux.fh-heilbronn.de/~debis/leechftp/) to get the files. I suggest LeechFTP not only because its a fine piece of software but it also has a URL snatcher. So you find the link to the needed deb package, copy its link to the clipboard, leech picks this up and queues it for downloading. Supports threaded and resumed downloads so its a god sent for modem users :) The threading is useful so that you can mindlessly select what deb files you want and forget about having to manage your bandwidth, Leech will do this for you.
If you don't want to clog up your windows partition with deb files I would suggest you get a copy of explore2fs (http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/) which allows a Windows Explorer type window with drag and drop facilities to access your linux partitions with. Although it warns you that write access to ext2 filesystem is buggy I have never had a problem with it. > As a side thought, is anyone > cutting potato CDs? If not, I see a market for it. Debian Under > Construction. > Make the djinni bottle yellow with the black diamond on it. Or something. > I have looked around and cannot find anyone doing this. Its actually irrating as alot of my friends who don't have internet access (or at least high bandwidth) can't get any of the benifits of potatoe. Even if there were ISO images I could get and burn a few CD's for friends that would suffice. Otherwise it looks like you have to download *all* of the .deb files as you see them on your local debian ftp server and burn them onto a CD by hand :( Can anyone involved in producing debian media assist us in this? I wouldn't imagine this being a difficult thing to arrange. Alex -- ** ((__)) Alexander "Jim diGriz" Clouter \\ ((oo)) \\------\\// e-mail: alexander . clouter @ ic . ac . uk || || (remove those spaces to e-mail me) |||----||| ~~~ ~~~ equip : 300Mhz Celeron Laptop running Cow during an Debian Linux Earthquake
