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From: Preston Boyington (PBoyington_at_polyengineering.com)
Date: 08/17/04

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    I would like to set up a home "mirror" (i386 archive) to run my installs from. I am on dial-up and a friend has offered to download the 13 CDs of Sarge for me to help get started.

    What is the best way to take the CDs and "convert" them into a working APT archive? Is this something I would use apt-mirror for, or is there another program?

    This is new territory for me, so if someone could point to a good howto I would appreciate it very much.

    Thanks for the time.
    Preston

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