Hi, Thanks to ah and doogie, I now have a recipe for people to avoid creating coasters. Simply use debbootstrap to get the list of base packages and ensure they exist in your local mirror.
manoj __> apt-get --download-only install $(/usr/sbin/debootstrap --print-debs \ --arch i386 woody) __> apt-move update __> apt-ftparchive generate /etc/apt/archive.conf >& /var/log/archive.log __> cd /root/release; make -- Accidents cause History. If Sigismund Unbuckle had taken a walk in 1426 and met Wat Tyler, the Peasant's Revolt would never have happened and the motor car would not have been invented until 2026, which would have meant that all the oil could have been used for lamps, thus saving the electric light bulb and the whale, and nobody would have caught Moby Dick or Billy Budd. Mike Harding, "The Armchair Anarchist's Almanac" Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/> 1024R/C7261095 print CB D9 F4 12 68 07 E4 05 CC 2D 27 12 1D F5 E8 6E 1024D/BF24424C print 4966 F272 D093 B493 410B 924B 21BA DABB BF24 424C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]