[Gllug] local debian mirror?

[Chris Bell]

On Sun 15 Apr, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> 
> Chris Bell wrote:
> 
> >    I would like to be able to take a computer and ethernet mini-hub to a
> > site, plug in to local mains, and install on to some computers without
> > current access to a local internet connection. I usually need to install on
> > to ix86 series computers, but may need to install on IA64 or AMD64 (and
> > possibly other) architectures.
> 
> The way I do it, which may or may not be appropriate for you it to have 
> a machine rsync the debian archive nightly. I run it on a Linksys NSLU2 
> with attached 300Gb drive, and it syncs over the DSL, using the Debian 
> provided "anonftpsync" script. Packages are made available from it over 
> HTTP and FTP, so I just need to stick in in the sources.list for all 
> local machines. Personally I just get i386 and source packages, but it's 
> trivial to pick the architectures you want.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Mike
> 
   That is the kind of system I am considering, with "stable" only, but I
will need to restrict my total internet use (to below about 50 - 60GB per
month at present) to avoid severe data rate restrictions. I may end up with
both a local apt-cacher that can save everything required, including bits
from "testing", and a travelling kit that updates via the apt-cacher when
possible.

-- 
Chris Bell

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