On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 10:22:48AM -0700, Bob Miller wrote: > Timothy Bolz wrote: > > > I have a box which the CD ROM is going bad. I don't want to get another one > > since it isn't used that often. Can I point Debian to another machine on my > > network to install the files from a CD ROM whch does work? I know I can > > apt-get the stuff from the net but over a 56k it takes forever. I'd rather > > pull it off one on my other Debian machines. What command would I use to > > point it to a particular machine. > > Edit /etc/apt/sources.list. Change www.debian.org to <yourhostname> > throughout. Don't replace security.debian.org or non-us.debian.org.
Of course you need an ftp/http/samba/nfs type server running on the remote machine with a file share setup to point to the cdrom. I'd say apt-get install wu-ftpd, then configure it for anonymous access (perhaps default) and mount the cdrom inside the ftp root. Then you just have to figure the path to the dists directory for /etc/apt/sources.list. Cory _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug