Thus spoke someone (who's name I've stupidly forgotten): ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: upgrading more then one box by downloading the files once! Date: Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 11:46:59AM +0200
In reply to:Arno Baier Quoting Arno Baier([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > hi folks, > i have 3 woddy boxes and until now i made for each a upgrade by downloading > each file three times. now i want to set up x and kde, these are to many > files to > download them three times. > is ther any solution to download the files and store them > and upgrade the other boxes with these files? > > i will not set up an mirror, to low internet connection - to many files ! I have done it 3 ways. 1) Set the /var/cache/apt/archive directory as an NFS dir, mount it on the system to upgrade. 2) Use ssh. scp the files you want to the other boxen archives directory. I used this now as it was faster and less work. 3) If you have a cd burner bnd all the system have a cdrom, backup the archives dir to cd. Option 2 is still faster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- HTH, -- Mike Pfleger There's seventy brilliant people on earth. Where are they hiding? "Yashar" -Cabaret Voltaire (off of "2x45")