[ubuntu-in] Fwd: Setting up local apt-get repository ? - Any more tips

[Balaji Narayanan]

Mehul Ved said the following on Thursday 07 February 2008 06:06 PM:
> On Feb 7, 2008 5:37 PM, Ramnarayan. K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> 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
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