On Tuesday 25 January 2011 01:38:17 pm Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote: > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new "netinst" > > installation. > > It's been a while since I did a netinst, but at some point it should ask > you to choose which mirror you want to use. Point it at your local apt > proxy and you should be fine. Might require using an "expert" mode.
During the 'net-install' when the choose mirror screen appears you need to scroll to the top of the list, choose manual entry or some such, point it at a local url, proxy etc. This choice is apparent in all install modes, default to expert. -- Peace, Greg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201101251520.01958.gomadtr...@gci.net
