Why would you want ALL of distfiles? A lot is old & redundant. Also why would you rsync it? Thats a lot of cpu grinding.
I suggest setting up one of these: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Download_Cache_for_LAN-Http-Replicator If someone really wants every source file ever made, this will get it eventually. On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:21:16 +1000 Devraj Mukherjee wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I am interested in creating a Gentoo mirror for our organisation. > However the issue I have is getting an initial snapshot of the distfiles. > > RSYNCing the files from a current server is going to take us awefully > long and our ADSL connection is not really going to stand it :) > > Can we get this sent on DVD or something from a current mirror and RSYNC > the differences? > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > Kind regards, > Devraj > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
