combine multiple dvd-image

[kiminaiseah]

hi,

i am lazy looking/searching for any answers

anyway i have a little problem

i have 8 dvd-image of debian6

my problem is i want it to combine all packages

eg : http://localhost/debian squeeze main contrib

my current setting. i mount each dvd image into fstab as loop image eg : dvd1 dvd2 dvd3 dvd4 dvd5 dvd6 dvd7 dvd8

my local mirror are useable by appending in sources.list

http://localhost/squeeze/dvd1 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd2 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd3 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd4 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd5 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd6 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd7 squeeze main contrib
http://localhost/squeeze/dvd8 squeeze main contrib

and im using lighttpd as web server

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thanks in advance

hoping for any help out there

[mslinux]

I never done that before.
But, are those dvds you got there from downloading?
If internet connection speed is not a problem for you, the easiest way is to mirror the nearest official mirror.

[kiminaiseah]

i downloaded those dvd's in the city,

but in the province internet connection are limited or super very slow connection

mirroring or fetching nearby mirror wansnt possible

sometime i do/we do reformat our lab computers 3-4 time a day during RND runtime

our application requires direct access to USB port and PCI Devices so it cant done by Virtualbox or VMware

[mslinux]

Well..I have no experience in combining Debian dvds installer into one source.
But if, your current solution by mounting all those dvds works fine, I think for now, you should stick with it. I mean, it's working right? So no problem.

Anyway, have you tried copying all stuffs on those dvds into one directory? Perhaps it might work.

[kiminaiseah]

if i remember , i already done this before , combine all debs files into 1 mirror list ,

but i couldnt remember how to re-generate .gz