Quote Originally Posted by ramaswamyps
where r the downloaded files kept by apt-get update

i want to store the list and software downloaded on a cd

also please tell me how can i pause the apt=get update

it takes 5 hrs to 11 hrs to get the files if i can spare that much time power failure also comes in now and then

can anybody help

how can i mount the hda2 read and write mode while booting

thanks
ramaswamyps
downloaded packages are kept in /var/cache/apt/archives/ . They remain there (even after they are installed) until removed by 'apt-get clean' so you don't have to save them anywhere to keep them, they will stay until you remove them. If you don't clean up now and then, you will find you HD fills up.

You can pause apt-get update (or apt-get install) with ctrl-c. This will actually stop the process but apt can be stopped without problem. Where restarted by repeating the command it will pick up where it left off.

To have hda2 mount read/write mode by default edit /etc/fstab. Here is a partial of mine:

Code:
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1 vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,quiet 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 vfat auto,users,exec,umask=000,quiet 0 0
# Added by KNOPPIX
the 'auto' option makes the partition mount on default. The 'umask=000' is the permissions for that partition. 000 makes the partition readable and writeable by all users. See man mount & man fstab for more details.