Ricardo> Hi guys, I grabbed and installed dpkg-ftp. But I see no mention
Ricardo> of any ftp usage when I run dpkg --help. Is there supposed to be
Ricardo> a separate binary called dpkg-ftp? Because I can't find any...
It is meant to be used from within _dselect_. It gives you a new line in the
* 0. [A]ccess Choose the access method to use.
menu.
Ricardo> I'm trying to download the latest Debian distribution via FTP, but
Ricardo> I've had problems both with ncftp and with dftp. I was hoping
Ricardo> dpkg-ftp would be a better solution...
What's wrong with ncftp? Maybe your networking is not setup correctly.
Ricardo> Another suggestion was to mirror debian. How much space is
Ricardo> required to mirror?
Depends on how many files and directories you select in the mirror parameter
file /etc/mirror/packages/<site>
Ricardo> Can a mirror be partial?
Sure, see the example /etc/mirror/packages/ftp.debian.org, but please not
that it was written with the old directory structure in mind.
Ricardo> Lastly, once I've gotten all that's required from FTP, is dselect
Ricardo> a good method to use for performing the install?
Yes.
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Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
