[lug] Debian update

[Ed Moxley]

On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 15:45, Gary Hodges wrote:
> I have a remote machine (phone connection only) that I will be visiting 
> next week.  I'm going to update the OS (Debian Sarge) while I'm there. 
> I have the most recent Sarge on DVD, 3.1r6.  I know there have been 
> several updates since 3.1r6 was released back in April.  What would be 
> the easiest way to find all the updates so I can complete the machine 
> update from CD/DVD rather than over the modem?
> 
> Gary

If you have a spare pc, how about a clean install from the DVD and then
doing an "apt-get upgrade" (use -d for download only if you want to save
time) and then burn the packages to CD/DVD?