On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:47 -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 7/29/08, Coert Waagmeester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. > > > > What I would like to know is, how can I make local mirrors of ports and > > packages? I live in South-Africa, and bandwidth is painfully slow and > > expensive. > > > > How many data would it be in total? > > Does fetching from an existing mirror in South Africa help, e.g. > cvsup.za.freebsd.org or ftp.za.freebsd.org? > > > -- Bob Johnson > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, I am currently rsyncing: ftp://ftp.is.co.za/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/ Is this the correct data? And where in FreeBSD do I change the mirror list or installation source? Thank you in advance, Coert _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
