On Friday 09 April 2004 11:49 pm, Rory wrote: > So, I'm just starting to set up urpmi for the first time. Good timing with > all the mirrors down, eh? :) > > I've set up the Updates, as active mirrors seem to exist for them. Is it > okay to set up multiple FTP sites for one source? In this case, updates. > I'm doing it in hopes that: > 1) if one site is down, the other will be okay. > 2) if one site is slightly out of date, the other may be more current. Works for me > > Good strategy or not? Does this set up potential conflicts? longer update time > > Secondly, I'm still deciding if I'm going to stay with Stable or Community > when the mirrors are back up next week. In the short term, is it prudent > just to update everything from "stable/official" first? > > Or, will going straight to CE (I'm not going to do cooker) cover everything > under Official and bring me further along, rendering updating from stable > first as a pointless excercise? > > Any other suggestions or tips for a newbie? Watch out it is addictive :-D > > Thanks, > ~Rory
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