Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-05-04 Thread Guruprasad
> Actually, approx comes with a tool to import debs into its cache: approx > import.  You just point it at some deb files and voila!  No downloading > needed. No other go but to use apt-proxy/apt-cacher/approx. Will use them and get back with the experience. >> Btw, how do I turn off the digest m

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:49:52 +0530 "L.Guruprasad" wrote: > Hi, > > > Take a look at "apt-cacher" instead of a full mirror, see whether it > > could help you. > > http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher > > >> Or approx - I use it and like it very much. > > The p

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread L.Guruprasad
Hi, > Take a look at "apt-cacher" instead of a full mirror, see whether it > could help you. > http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher >> Or approx - I use it and like it very much. The problem is that these tools involve one time download and I don't want to make

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> "L.Guruprasad" : > I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a > local debian mirror. Also care about the "security" download during the install. You should cache them. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme, Recherche & Devel

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Yitzhak Grossman
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:54:32 +0530 Anand Sivaram wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 15:23, L.Guruprasad wrote: > > Hi all, > > I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local > > debian mirror. However I don't want to download the files from a debian > > mirror to create a

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 15:23, L.Guruprasad wrote: > Hi all, > I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local > debian mirror. However I don't want to download the files from a debian > mirror to create a local one? Is it possible to create a mirror using > the 5 DVDs of d

Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread L.Guruprasad
Hi all, I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local debian mirror. However I don't want to download the files from a debian mirror to create a local one? Is it possible to create a mirror using the 5 DVDs of debian that I have? I tried using the option 'debian-installer/