On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 04:19:38PM +1000, James Sinnamon wrote: > I have a Debian system set up on one PC and would like to replicate it > onto another (to eventually replace my Redhat 9.0 system.). > > What would be the easist way to accomplish this? > > 1. use an NFS mount of /var/apt/cache/archives/ frommy first > Debian system, and enter into /etc/apt/sources.list : > > deb file:///<nfs-mount-point>/<path-to-apt-archives> > deb-src file:///<nfs-mount-point>/<path-to-apt-archives> > > > 2. use my first Debian system as an ftp server and specify in > /etc/apt/sources.list : > > deb ftp:/hostname/<path-to-apt-archives> > deb-src ftp:/hostname/<path-to-apt-archives> > > .... would they work? and even if they did, is there an easier way? >
Look at the package apt-proxy. It caches the downloads from debian repositories in a way that fits with using apt-get on a second or third machine. -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
