Hi, If I add in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free and than do apt-get update, I can install any package from the woody tree. However /etc/apt/sources.list also contains entries for the 3 Debian 2.2 R3 CD's. deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-3 (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main I am on a dial-up line, which no too fast :-) Now the problem is, say I want to install something from the 3 CD's and try to use apt-get install , apt tries to go to the net to upgrade to the latest version of that package. This problem can be solved by commenting out the woody line in /etc/apt/sources.list and than running apt-get update But the next time I am on net and want to upgrade to some package in woody tree, I have to again download the Packages file ( which is around 1.3MB) by doing apt-get update. Is there any way to avoid this ? Thanks for any help. Warm Regards -- Rajesh -- : [Linux One Stanza Tip] From : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LOST #049 -**< Sub : DOS to Unix conversion (#2) >**- Method #2: To convert a DOS text file to Unix so that the extra ASCII 13 does not show up when viewing / editing a DOS text file. If you have recode package installed you may use the following alias in your .profile or /etc/profile: alias unix2dos='recode lat1..ibmpc' alias dos2unix='recode ibmpc..lat1' :