[plug] Debian Archive

[David Godfrey]

Timothy White wrote:

>Well, I'd start by asking a PLUG and UCC member, Bernard or Cameron.
>Then when you get there, make sure you have debmirror installed, and use it!
>
>So, for example, for me to get breezy, and hoary, mirrors, of i386,
>and amd64, I used the following command
>debmirror /scratch/Mirror/Ubuntu/ -h ftp.uwa.edu.au -r
>/mirrors/linux/ubuntu/ -d hoary,breezy -s
>main,multiverse,restricted,universe -a amd64,i386 --ignore-release-gpg
>--verbose --passive -p
>
>This created a debian/ubuntu Mirror in /scratch/Mirror/Ubuntu, which
>is where my local ftp server points. Obviously, you may want to do it
>differently, but that really is the easist way.
>(For a debian mirror, you will need to change /mirrors/linux/ubuntu to
>(I think) /debian/ but you'll want to browse the FTP server first to
>check.)
>
>Tim
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Hi Tim,
I currently have some good rsync based scripts for updating my mirror,
just the bandwidth I have been lacking.
I take it from your post that Bernard or Cameron would be able to assist
in gaining access to UWA's mirror via a high bandwidth connection?

David

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