I know it's not the "proper" way to do it, but if you just want to get the job done and figure out a better way later, just copy all the packages to the root of the USB then mount it as /var/cache/apt/archives and you should be good to go.
Of course, I am sure someone knows a better way, but sometimes the fastest way is all that is needed. - Jason On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 8:49 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just read read the manpage of debmirror. It seems to > hint there may be a simple solution to my problem. > > I *DO NOT* have good internet connectivity. > I *DO* have the 8 DVD set of Debian 6.0.5. > I want all of the deb files from the set on a 64GB flash > drive in a format/structure acceptable to apt-get or synaptic. > > I'm currently wading through descriptions of the Debian > repository to be able to do it manually. I suspect there may > already be a suitable script. > > Pointers please. TIA > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
