Easy way to go to hoary?

Peter Damoc pdamoc at gmx.net
Fri Apr 8 07:56:56 CDT 2005


Thanks! that's what I was looking for!

On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:42:04 +0300, Jorge Bernal <koke at amedias.org> wrote:

> I guess this is what you are looking for:
>
> koke at ababol ~ $ apt-cache show apt-zip
> Package: apt-zip
> Priority: extra
> Section: universe/admin
> Installed-Size: 96
> Maintainer: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate at debian.org>
> Architecture: all
> Version: 0.13.2
> Depends: apt (>= 0.3.10)
> Filename: pool/universe/a/apt-zip/apt-zip_0.13.2_all.deb
> Size: 14544
> MD5sum: 291db9be03e183e804248ae3b014607b
> Description: Update a non-networked computer using apt and removable  
> media
>  These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a  
> non-networked
>  Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies. One generates a  
> `fetch'
>  script (supporting backends such as wget and lftp, in a modular,  
> extensible
>  way) to be run on a host with better connectivity, check space  
> constraints of
>  your removable media, and then install the package on your Debian box.
>  .
>  Note on current version: space-checking is not done and spanning  
> multiple disks
>  is not yet supported.
>
>
> On 15:22, Fri 08 Apr 05, Peter Damoc wrote:
>>
>> Also... dragging the machine to a internet line is not an option...
>> I don't think it even has a network card, not that it would be a problem
>> to install one. :)
>>
>> Peter.
>>






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