Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-12 Thread Paul Condon
On 05/12/2013 10:26 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: David Christensen a écrit : On 05/12/13 00:32, Pascal Hambourg wrote: The client is not using approx for security updates. Why ? That's the way the Debian installer set it up. Thus I regret that the installer does not allow to manually configure

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-12 Thread Paul Condon
On 05/12/2013 10:26 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: David Christensen a écrit : On 05/12/13 00:32, Pascal Hambourg wrote: The client is not using approx for security updates. Why ? That's the way the Debian installer set it up. Thus I regret that the installer does not allow to manually configure

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-12 Thread David Christensen
On 05/12/13 09:26, Pascal Hambourg wrote: I used to set clients to get security updates from my Approx server, but lately I just leave the installer settings alone. May I ask why ? Because the people who wrote the Debian installer know more than I do. David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debia

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-12 Thread Pascal Hambourg
David Christensen a écrit : > On 05/12/13 00:32, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> The client is not using approx for security updates. Why ? > > That's the way the Debian installer set it up. Thus I regret that the installer does not allow to manually configure a custom mirror for security updates. I th

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-12 Thread David Christensen
On 05/12/13 00:32, Pascal Hambourg wrote: The client is not using approx for security updates. Why ? That's the way the Debian installer set it up. I do the same but the Debian installer does not allow to manually select a mirror for security updates, so I have to disable them and edit source

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-12 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Hello, David Christensen a écrit : > > I set up an Approx server for my SOHO LAN: > > http://packages.debian.org/wheezy/approx > > It feeds i386 and amd64 boxes running Squeeze and Wheezy. > I built it with a ~7 GB /var partition that is nearly full, so you might > want to go with somethi

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-11 Thread David Christensen
On 05/11/13 01:22, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: is there anything i can do to avoid wasting time and manage something locally so that instead of wasting precious bandwidth i could point it to the local resource and thing can be up to date as needed. I set up an Approx server for my SOHO LAN:

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 11 May 2013 13:22:04 +0500 Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: Hello Muhammad, >can do to avoid wasting time and manage something locally so that >instead of wasting precious bandwidth i could point it to the local >resource and thing can be up to date as needed. Edit sources.list to remove ref

Re: how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-11 Thread Jude DaShiell
Easy, run in expert mode and key in your mirror selection manually when the list of ftp sites comes up. Also, choose not to download anything from security.debian.org during the install process.On Sat, 11 May 2013, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: > i am frequently installing Debian on our systems

how to avoid download during debian installation.

2013-05-11 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
i am frequently installing Debian on our systems and when ever i do this whether DVD or via CD or even via inet Cd . in all cases debian download/updates from repository which is a waste of time and bandwidth almost take 40 to 60 minutes in order to fully upgrade. is there anything i can do to avoi