Installation from a pre-mounted directory with changing content. The directory contains the Packages.gz file from each distribution area being installed (usually main, contrib, non-free and local) as well as an excerpt of the corresponding binary/*/*.deb files. The easiest way for them to get this is to make a (partial) copy of the distribution site's directory hierarchy, if possible. The contents of the mounted directory may change. Thus it's possible to use this method for installations from images of a CDROM set.