> From: Tzafrir Cohen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 8:05 AM > Subject: minimal mirror for lenny net install > > Hi > > I'd like to run a network installation setup on my LAN. With previous > versions I could just take a Debian Installer CD (e.g.: the netinst) and > loopmount it to get the initial files. This provides me most of the > required files. > > The problem is that the installer CDs no longer contain signed images. > I'd like to avoid any hacks with configuring a system to use unsigned > sources as at least with Etch this affected the usability later on. > > How do I make a compact partial Debian mirror? I don't have the extra > disk space and network bandwidth[1] for a full mirror. > > [1] Well, I do. But it would be a waste of time and disk space and > complicate the setup. I want to have a mirror that contains all the > packages in my default install, so I won't need to re-download them from > the Internet every time. But downloading a few gigs every once in a > while to maintain the mirror is not something I want either. > > -- > Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is > http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | best > ICQ# 16849754 | | friend
Not sure this is what you are looking for, but I use apt-cacher. It works really well. It only downloads the packages you request from it so you get the benefit of a local mirror, without having to actually host a full mirror. It can even support multiple Arch Repos so that I only have 1 apt-cacher system that serves for i386, AMD64, and IA64 for Etch, Lenny, and Sid (for me all of those arch/repos only take up 2.8GB). It has also been stable for a really long time so there are a ton of how-to guides out there (including several links on this list). There is also apt-proxy, but for me it didn't work nearly as well as apt-cacher. Have fun! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
