On 30/01/14 18:07, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Thanks for everything. I have observed that a few packages are being > downloaded from the internet. They maybe the security packages and > updates released after package the iso. ( I have imported the > packages from the iso )
See the apt-cacher-ng management page (more details further down this post), click on the button and look at the hits and misses for more information. > > Now taking all this to a new level, is there a way to mirror > official debian ftp repositories like debian main, debian security, > debian updates etc on the apt-cacher-ng database, and maybe update > those repositories once twenty days? Yes, yes, and, yes. :) Look at the bottom of the apt-cacher-ng management page (Apt-Cacher NG Command And Control Page):- http://$yourAptCacherNgServer:3142/acng-report.html And read the installed documentation > > >> Leave the slash off e.g.:- d-i mirror/http/proxy >> http://172.16.4.104:3142 >> >>> >>> ### >>> >>> It should work right? >> >> Now it will :) > > I will test the preseed and let you know whether its working or not! Please do, I'm sure others will also appreciate a link to working preseed examples. > I am taking some days off from the college for a well deserved > holiday. Enjoy, you deserve it for persevering. I hope the experience and the self-confidence that came with it proves useful. > >> TFTP doesn't handle more than about 100 simultaneous installations >> - the solution there is to use GPXE (which also allows greater >> flexibility with the location of the server) - and use http instead >> of tftp. For more than 1000 simultaneous installs I'd suggest GPXE >> with http via slamd. >> > > There are only 20 PCs in the lab that I am trying to manage. So that > shouldn't be a problem right? No. Probably a DNS problem, alt+f4 in the affected installation to see where the error is. > > When I boot the PCs and escape to boot menu, I select network from > list of devices to boot from and after the PC stucks on finding the > PXE server. I've seen the problem but don't recall a specific cause - I also don't know your DNS, PXE and TFTP server setup. I generally use an IPCop Firewall and DNS, with PXE and TFTP on a separate (VirtualBox) machine, so my experience may not translate. > > When I try to restart the tfpt-hpa service from the service, the > service never starts sometimes. Logs? > > I am not able to find out the real pattern as to when the tftp > server stops working. > > Sometimes just restarting the isc-dhcp-server service on the server > will solve the issue, and sometimes restarting the dhcp service wont > help. Sorry, I don't have any insights there, I'd look at the logs and also see if only a certain type of machine is affected. <snipped> >> When it comes to administering all those boxes you might also find >> Steve Kemps debian-admin site interesting:- >> http://debian-administration.org/ >> > > Thanks for the website, maybe one day I will be telnet-ing or > ssh-ing to the same PXE server that I have setup and will be > installing so many packages together on so many machines at the same > time right from my bed. :) Test them first, perhaps on a VirtualBox machine, you'll find change control is the belt *and* suspenders that enables you to avoid the occasional problem/s that may overshadow the gains mass deployment and management give. Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
