[plug] VERY basic debian question

[Peter]

Hi Tony,

This is my config file

intra at mirage:/etc/apt$ cat sources.list 
deb http://ftp.it.net.au/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib 
non-free


I use "ftp.it.net.au" as i actually work there and its closest. :)
 
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Peter Tran

Website       : http://www.prodigital.net.au
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On Mon, 19 Feb 2001, Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote:

> Hello All,
> 	Last night in a rash of .... well I'm not quite sure what it was.
> Anyway I backed up and blew away RedHat 7.0 and replaced it with a potatoe
> (first relase).
> 
> Anyway having played a little I was wondering what the best way to configure
> apt was.
> 
> ATM:
> tyr:/etc/apt# cat sources.list| egrep '^[^#]'
> deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-2 (20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r0 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20000814)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main
> deb ftp://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/pub/linux/debian stable main non-free contrib
> tyr:/etc/apt#
> 
> 
> Now I need some simple help.  What are the best sites to point apt at for
> fastest downloads/bandwdth costs.
> 
> Also Is there a "closer" mirror of security.debian.org, to save me going
> direct, where is the best place to get the non-US stuff from (I assume that is
> where openssh and the likes are).
> 
> phew.
> 
> Yours Tony.
> 
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