On 20110129_230759, Russell L. Harris wrote: > * Greg Madden <gomadtr...@gci.net> [110126 03:45]: > > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in > > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new "netinst" > > > installation. > ... > > During the 'net-install' when the choose mirror screen appears you need to > > scroll > > to the top of the list, choose manual entry or some such, point it at a > > local > > url, proxy etc. > > > > This choice is apparent in all install modes, default to expert. > > I tried that, entering "192.168.0.200" (the LAN address of my approx > server) as the "Debian archive mirror hostname" and
Have you tried "192.168.0.200:9999" ? I think you need the port number and the default port for approx is 9999. HTH > "/var/cache/approx/debian" as the "Debian archive mirror directory". I have been using approx for over a year and don't recall ever specifying a "Debian archive mirror directory". I think there is an approx demon which is listening on port 9999, and the demon already knows where it is maintaining its database and proxy repository. Look at /etc/approx/approx.conf on your server. > > Inspecting the installation log with F4, I saw the following error > message: > > choose-mirror[30711]: DEBUG: command: wget -q > http://192.168.0.200/var/cache/approx/debian/dists/squeeze/Release > -0 - | grep -E `^(Suite|Codename:` > > choose-mirror[30711]: WARNING **: mirror does not support the > specified release (squeeze) > > However, the approx server has been used less than a week ago to > install files to a new Squeeze system (which was installed using > the netinst Release Candidate 1 CD). > > RLH > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110129230759.gd2...@rlharris.org > -- Paul E Condon pecon...@mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110130211207.ga19...@big.lan.gnu
