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alex stone wrote:
> A quick question.
>
> I'm on the road at the moment, and i've had to deal with a broken
> laptop. (Which is now fixed, and i'm typing this on a colleague's computer.)
> My problem is i have no net access for the laptop, so i'm reinstalling
> everything with a constant transfer process with an install disk, and a
> usb stick. (And i should say here i've installed Debian Lenny ppc, which
> worked out of the box with no problems. Thanks to the debian team!)
>
> My colleagues computer is Windows, so i don't want to install anything
> on it, for fear of messing it up, or introducing, however unwittingly a
> virus, or bug of some sort.
>
> Is it possible to simply download (Save as..., for instance) from an up
> to date cvs or svn build, to an isolated download file, then transfer
> the files to my usb stick, without using CVS or SVN to do so?
> I've got most things re-installed, but a couple of apps, and updates
> that have been highly useful for me, are only available at the
> moment through CVS, SVN, or Git.
Hmmm, maybe use your friend's Windows 'puter to download a live CD/DVD