Re: Ways to keep my Debian box updated over dial-up (3 KB/sec)?
From: Dale Henderson (nilram_at_hotpop.com)
Date: 02/08/05
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Date: 07 Feb 2005 20:46:07 -0600
ANTant@zimage.com writes:
> Someone told me to look at apt-zip and apt-move commands, but he/she
> didn't know how to use them (just read about them). I downloaded those
> two packages and ran them. I looked at their help with "man" command, but
> I am still puzzled on how to use them for my dial-up issue.
>
> What am I supposed to do with them? I assume I want to use apt-zip:
> "These scripts simplify the process of using dselect and apt on a non-
> networked Debian box, using removable media like ZIP floppies. One
> generates a `fetch' script (supporting backends such as wget and lftp, in
> a modular, extensible way) to be run on a host with better connectivity,
> check space constraints of your removable media, and then install the
> package on your Debian box."
>
> I am at a loss on how to start this. I assume it is like run these scripts
> on my Debian box after doing apt-get update (30+ minutes), copy the list
> of locations to download, go to a Windows box with broadband connection
> like at work, run the wget to download all the packages, burn them to CD
> or copy to USB Flash drives/sticks, then run apt-get upgrade from the CD
> or USB Flash drives/sticks. Is that how it supposed to work?
>
on the debian box run apt-get update (Wait...). Then run
apt-zip-list -m /flash -a dist-upgrade
where /flash is the mount point for your flash drive
take the drive to work plug it into the windows box and run the
generated fetch-script-wget-$HOST script from the flash drive. This
is the hard part. You'll probably have to install cygwin on the
windows box.
Once youve downloaded the files plug the flash drive into the debian
box and type
apt-zip-inst -m /flash
and this should do it
(note you can modify MEDIUM in /etc/apt/apt-zip.conf to avoid having
to type the -m option all the time)
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