Re: HOWTO Create a Debian mirror using only CDs

2003-02-20 Par sujet Erik Rossen
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 07:39:02AM +0100, Linux Leman Digest wrote: On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:57:05PM +0100, Erik Rossen wrote: Why are the original package lists from the CDs even necessary? Each .deb has enough info in its control file to rebuild the Packages lists and frankly I don't

Re: HOWTO Create a Debian mirror using only CDs

2003-02-20 Par sujet Frederic Schutz
Le Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:53:47 +0100, tu as ecrit : The problem comes when trying to do an install on a completely new machine. debootstrap seems to choke when it cannot find a valid Release file in each major subsection (main, contrib, non-free) of the mirror and it refuses to use the mirror for

Re: HOWTO Create a Debian mirror using only CDs

2003-02-19 Par sujet Marc SCHAEFER
On Tue, Feb 18, 2003 at 06:57:05PM +0100, Erik Rossen wrote: Why are the original package lists from the CDs even necessary? Each .deb has enough info in its control file to rebuild the Packages lists and frankly I don't care how the .debs are organised, as long as they can be found

HOWTO Create a Debian mirror using only CDs

2003-02-18 Par sujet Erik Rossen
files? HOWTO Create a Debian mirror using only CDs SCENARIO: You need to build a http/ftp/nfs mirror of Debian in order that several workers can quickly install a bunch of different machines simultaneously. You have a local network, but no Internet connectivity (not even an analog modem), and only

Re: HOWTO Create a Debian mirror using only CDs

2003-02-18 Par sujet Frederic Schutz
Le Tue, 18 Feb 2003 18:57:05 +0100, tu as ecrit : Why are the original package lists from the CDs even necessary? Each .deb has enough info in its control file to rebuild the Packages lists and frankly I don't care how the .debs are organised, as long as they can be found afterwards. Est-ce que