Mehul Ved said the following on Thursday 07 February 2008 06:06 PM: > On Feb 7, 2008 5:37 PM, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> i have the entire Ubuntu 7.10 repository on dvd's and want to be able to >> access them without having to keep popping in the dvd's everytime something >> needs to be installed. (the source device would be an extenal usb hard disk) > > Well then instead of rsync, just mount the iso at > http://localhost/ubuntu > considering apache is running on localhost and your sources.list file > will look like > /etc/apt/sources.list > http://127.0.0.1/ubuntu gutsy main universe multiverse >
If it is locally mounted, then why does it need to be served via apache? Won't a deb file:/ help? -balaji -- http://balajin.net/blog http://www.flickr.com/photos/balajijegan/ Getting there is only half as far as getting there and back. -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
