installing linux using speakup

[Jude DaShiell]

For Debian at least, /var/cache/apt/archives/ holds the .deb files you 
download from the internet.  So when it comes time to reinstall the system 
if you've downloaded mkisofs and cdrecord and have burned an image of that 
directory and its contents after yoou do the base insttall with the CD you 
can then use apt-get update to get you lists of updated files.  Then when 
you want to install the stuff off the Cd you made, first do it with 
apt-get -nodownload install package so you can get a list of dependencies. 
Then run dpkg -i and key in all of those file names and you'll be able to 
minimize internet exposure until you've put your security software 
packages on and got them configured.  I wonder if yum does some similar 
archiving in a single directory like debian does.