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TheGogmagog	2008-07-02 , 09:02
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Originally Posted by bunanson

If you are careful, I believe you can copy /var/lib/apt/lists to your SD before flashing and put it back after flashing, and then change whatever repo needs to be change.

I have a problem getting 'lock' copied to the new flash.
1: what is the path to the external mmc?
2: chmod -x lock didn't seem to help.

I copied the rest of the files, and it didn't recognise the catalogues. Perhaps, this won't work or is too risky, guessing that lock file is important.

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