I how quickly I could get something up, the Debian installer already will scan all the DVDs available for apt to request the required DVD. But it's not a elegant solution.
Jason Barnett wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
