On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:12:05PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:39:59PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > In <aanlktim15i1a7pckkoitxjsdqjyjaks4ctfzku6ct...@mail.gmail.com>, RR wrote: > > >this may be a very obvious one of those things that I should just "Google" > > >but given my last experience, and unsuccessful Googling, I figured maybe I > > >should ask the community as to what the CORRECT way to install Debian on a > > >Sun machine such that it uses the ISO/Distribution on my local NFS server > > >as > > >opposed to just picking up the boot.img and then have the rest of it be > > >downloaded from the Internet. I have a LOT of SUN machines to install and > > >it'd be cool if I can just install them off the distro on the nfs server. > > > > Rather than using NFS, it would be easier to use HTTP to serve your debian > > mirror, prehaps using approx or a similar apt proxy. During the install > > you > > should be asked which Debian mirror to use. Input the proper hostname and > > base url and all packages pulled in by APT will be via that mirror. > > > I use apt-cacher-ng and I'm pretty happy with it. It was easy to set > up. When I do a net install on a machine on my LAN, I just tell the > installer that my proxy is: > > http://myproxy:3142 > > If you already have debs downloaded, there is even a procedure > documented to import those into your apt-cacher-ng. >
+1 As somebody who doesn't necessarily know what I am doing, I can testify to this. I use apt-cacher-ng to provide an easy way to store previous versions of testing packages in case I need to back out of an upgrade (which I have done more than once.) I found setup and maintenance quite simple and it works flawlessly. Not so coincidentally, my two other machines can then upgrade more quickly from the network. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- 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/20110202222512.GA7258@Europa.office
