Now does anyone know how to specify the local repository (without trying to go to the offline internet repositories)?
to have apt-get only look in your local repository edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and comment out every line except: deb file:/Debian/dists main/

example: /etc/apt/sources.list
#Debian
#deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free

#Debian Non-US
#deb http://non-us.debian.org/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ woody/non-US main contrib non-free

#Debian security updates
#deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main contrib non-free

# local repository
deb file:/Debian/dists main/

That should do it, note all lines are commented out (#) except your local repository.

HTH

~rock