Op 16-10-2006 om 13:48 schreef Scott Fitzgerald: > > I maintain several computers in two homes, so I keep a mirror of the debian > mirror at MIT.edu as a filesystem and copy that from computer to computer, > then I install from the filesystem. I find this practice saves MIT.edu > bandwidth (I only update one copy) and saves me time (a disk partition is > faster that a DSL modem.) I was very upset that there was no way to install > from the file system, or at least there was no obvious way of doing it (I am > discussing a filesystem that I installed via a boot-cd to a large partition > before installing debian on the same disk.) Looks like I could access an > intranet lan to do this, but I do not have one set up. Being able to do this > would be a great wishlist item for people responsible for multiple PC's.
I suggest that you install at each "home" a local mirror of a Debian archive. I'm happy with the programm apt-proxy (`aptitude install apt-proxy`) > Thank You > -- > Scotty Fitzgerald Thank you for your contributions. Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
