I concur with the netinst suggestions. On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 George at Clug <c...@goproject.info> wrote:
> Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > number of times (for example, install a number of VMs to compare the > various GUIs), but I have found that by the time I get to use the > DVD, there are later minor versions out, hence quite a number of > packages have been updated or upgrades since I did the download, such > that I wonder if I would have been better off using the netinstall CD. To solve this problem, I use apt-proxy-ng on my firewall. It improves response times considerably once a package is in its cache. I also install auto-apt-proxy to automate finding proxies. Two thoughts, though. * If you use your own DNS server, have a CNAME apt-proxy for the caching machine. * The netinst installer, d-i, will let you use a local cache. Do so. But if you do, d-i adds a configuration line to /etc/apt/apt.conf to point to the proxy. This may interfere with auto-apt-proxy, so I remove it. -- Does anybody read signatures any more? https://charlescurley.com https://charlescurley.com/blog/
