On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 07:33, Vikas B N wrote: > Hello All, > > A couple of colleagues and I are planning > to set up an ftp/http server which hosts > the debian packages, so that people can > install Debian on their machines over the > office intranet. > > What is the best way to go about this? > > Things that we are planning are, > > 1.the users should be able to do an > "apt-get update" and the packages > should be fetched/updated from this > server on the intranet. > > 2.users who are migrating from windows > must be able to install Debian on their > machines. (with the use of boot floppy, etc.)
If you want to use http, set up your local repository to be served by apache (or boa if you don't need a full-fledged server) Or you can mount the repository through NFS and let apt treat it as local: deb file:/home/debian unstable main contrib non-free > Also, what is the best way to keep this > server up-to-date? Guess, what I'm asking > for is like a mirror of the Debian packages... I use apt-move (the mirror option) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
