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smitty

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 73

Would like to contribute an article / WIKI

I was wondering if there was an article for what I did recently. I basically downloaded the Core CD and download all repositories and put them on to DVDs. I figured out how to use them and upload them to the hard drive as if they are a repository using three different articles. I know there is Custom Repository, Offline installation of packages, and CD-ROM repositories, but I haven't found one for using hard drive as repositories. I actually used a combination of techniques. Has this been done? Also, how interested would people be in this knowledge? Any thoughts and let me know.

dolby

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From: 1992

Registered: 2006-08-08

Posts: 1,581

Re: Would like to contribute an article / WIKI

pacman has evolved lately and man repo-add is sufficient imo

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tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: Would like to contribute an article / WIKI

Hang around Arch long enough and you will find that the best policy is "do first, then ask", not the reverse, as you have chosen.

In other words, write it up, submit it, and post a link in the forum if you want feedback.

F

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Registered: 2006-10-09

Posts: 322

Re: Would like to contribute an article / WIKI

the best policy is "do first, then ask"

Please, please, PLEASE put this in bold, italics, and underlined on the top of the forum webpage or somewhere similar (#archlinux topic, perhaps?)

Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 5,986

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Re: Would like to contribute an article / WIKI

It is a good phrase, I added it to 'the arch way' wiki article: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The … er-centric

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