On Sun, Jun 17, 2018 at 08:57:28AM -0400, tom wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: wishlist > > We manitain a partial (i386 and amd64) local mirror > of the debian repository. But the installer doesn't > provide an easy way to use it for installation. > > I never do installs connected to the Internet. > > It's not that big of a deal, since everything can > be taken care of after the install. But every > time I perform an install I always think it would > be a nice thing to have. > > So, I wish the list of mirrors included > 'custom' where the user can input an apt-source > style line for a mirror. > >
Some options that I'm aware of * upon boot add "mirror=my.local.mirror" parameter * have a preseedfile that contains (at least) "mirror=my.local.mirror" * use expert mode, it will ask everthing, including which mirror to use * configure a DNS that says[1] ftp.nl.debian.org is at my.local.mirror Extra benefit of the last option is when the laptop is away from the local mirror, it can still use what is in /etc/apt/sources.list Groeten Geert Stappers [1] Like saying who is Santa Claus -- Leven en laten leven
