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diff --git a/doc/offline.sgml b/doc/offline.sgml index 99e260bc3..e7ede14de 100644 --- a/doc/offline.sgml +++ b/doc/offline.sgml @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ no connection. <p> This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The -essential premis to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note +essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat. @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>. <p> On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the directories -outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and <em>lists/partial/</em> +outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and <em>lists/partial/</em>. Then take the disc to the remote machine and configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the following: @@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ On the remote machine execute the following: [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ] </example> -The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any-other standard APT commands, +The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end such as -<em>dselect</em> However this presents a problem in communicating your +<em>dselect</em>. However this presents a problem in communicating your selections back to the local computer. <p> |