[Fwd: Re: Edubuntu: Gallium vs. Kalzium]

[Edward Holcroft]

William Kinghorn wrote:
> Hi All,
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> What I do.
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> I don't create the DVDs for myself, I run the first script, which puts the repositories on my hard drive, which I then copy onto an USB hard drive ( portable hard drive to some of you guys ), I then copy this onto my other PCs, then I add this line to my sources.list file
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> deb file:/backups/ubuntu dapper main restricted multiverse universe
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> This way means that you don't need any other DVDs ( other than the install CD ), everything will be on hard drive
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> This setup is perfect for me, as I don't have internet access at home.
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> This will work for ( I think ) all versions that Ubuntu supports, ie Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.
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> Another thing is that you need ( for Dapper with the above repositories ) aprox 12Gig of hard drive space.
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> For the guys who want to create the DVDs, then you need aprox 36 Gigs of space, as the scripts create first the repositories ( aprox 12 Gig ) then DVD sized directories ( aprox 12 Gigs ) then the ISOs ( also aprox 12 Gigs ) which adds up to aprox 36 Gigs.
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> I only had 20 Gigs on my internal hard drive, so I changed the scripts to do the DVD sized directories and ISOs on my USB hard drive
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> Hope this helps
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>   
This is a very cool tip. Thanks.

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