"G.Angely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Do not know the "squid cache". I will look for it.
If you install squid, and add lines like this to /etc/squid.conf: refresh_pattern debian.org/.*\.deb$ 129600 100% 129600 refresh_pattern debian.org/.*Packages 120 20% 360 Then it will keep copies of any packages you download for several months (or until it runs out of space). You run squid on a machine with loads of disk space (your mirror machine say), and change the cache_dir setting to match the amount of space you have. The, on all the debian machines, put this in your /etc/profile: http_proxy=http://squidhost.domain.com:3128/ export http_proxy (replace squidhost.domain.com with the machine you installed squid on) You'll also have to tell squid about your firewall proxy setup. Before doing all this, ask your firewall admin if they already have a cache. Once you've done that, apt-get will work as normal, but the second machine you upgrade on will get all the packages from the squid cache, instead of re-downloading them. You can also point your web browsers at squid, and get speed improvements while browsing as well. > P.S.: > When I try mailing to "[email protected]", I got an "undelivered > email" error: > "Your message cannot be delivered to the recipient because his/her mail box > storage limit has exceeded." That's very odd --- which machine is generating this warning? Could you try that again, and if there is still a problem, and it seems that the bounce is being generated by one of our machines, please forward the bounce you get to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Please include any other details you think might be relevant. Cheers, Phil.
