On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 04:49:59PM +1100, Frank Copeland wrote:
> If the boxes are networked together, you can easily set up your own partial
> mirror and install from that. Once you have upgraded box #1, use apt-move to
> create a partial mirror from the .debs you downloaded, and set up a
> web/ftp/NFS server to make the mirror available to the other boxes. Then
> when you upgrade the other boxes, add box #1 to their /etc/apt/sources.list
> as the *first* (or only) source.
ouldn't you manually copy the contents of /var/cache/apt/whateverthehellitis
or mount the original box's /var/cache/apt/ dir via nfs?
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