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markus46

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Registered: 2008-12-25

Posts: 2

How can I use a CDROM to get updated packages?

Hello all,

I have just purchased a new computer and am trying to get my favourite distro installed.

The NIC is built into the motherboard and the driver is only available from kernel 2.6.27

After a fresh install of Arch to the hard disk, the kernel is 2.6.25, so I have no network available

My questions are:
1. Can I download the latest kernel package and put it on a CD?  Perhaps the updated pacman package as well.
2. How can I get pacman to look for updated packages on the CD, rather than trying to go out through the network?

Thanks in advance!

Mark

RobertoVanto

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From: Chiampo(VI) - Italy

Registered: 2008-09-04

Posts: 32

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Re: How can I use a CDROM to get updated packages?

Download the kernel and then do pacman -U /path/to/kernel.pkg.tar.gz

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markus46

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Registered: 2008-12-25

Posts: 2

Re: How can I use a CDROM to get updated packages?

Download the kernel and then do pacman -U /path/to/kernel.pkg.tar.gz

Hi Roberto,

I downloaded the latest kernel from a mirror site and burned it to a CD using Nero.
I mounted the CD like so...
mount /dev/cdrom /mnt

This worked because I could ls /mnt and see the file without a problem.

When I go...
pacman -U /mnt/kernel26-2.6.27.10-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz

It works!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Mark