Re: Offline systems

2020-09-26 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, > su -c 'parted --list /dev/sdb' (/dev/sdb is thumb drive} > lists partitions from /dev/sda 9system drive) > even when /dev/sdb doesn't exist! man parted says -l, --list lists partition layout on all block devices and so it works for me. If i use --list, i get all

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-21 Thread deloptes
Peter wrote: > All 70 will be physical. I think about making 1 single server then using > hdclone or acronis to make copy of it to the rest. Then write a small > bash script for the onsite tech to change IP. Better ideas ? :-) ansible you invest time to configure (perhaps to learn as well) you

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 21 sep 20, 08:04:58, Peter wrote: > Hi, > > >These are up to 70 > > real, physical servers and not VMs? You might want to look at automated > > ways to deploy and build that many servers. > > All 70 will be physical. I think about making 1 single server then using > hdclone or acronis to

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-09-20 22:04, Peter wrote: Hi, >These are up to 70 > real, physical servers and not VMs? You might want to look at automated > ways to deploy and build that many servers. All 70 will be physical. I think about making 1 single server then using hdclone or acronis to make copy of it

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Peter
Hi, >These are up to 70 > real, physical servers and not VMs? You might want to look at automated > ways to deploy and build that many servers. All 70 will be physical. I think about making 1 single server then using hdclone or acronis to make copy of it to the rest. Then write a small bash

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread deloptes
Peter wrote: > Do you see any drawbacks if I copy the 3 DVD of Debian 10 on each > machine initially, mount them and use them if I want to to install > something e.g nano at some point ? I don't see any issue with that. I copy the iso images, mount them and add them as source. I think 1-5Mbps is

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Andrew Cater
Myself - I might use the 16G stick as install medium - see conversations elsewhere in this list on how to use jigod. That gives you the contents of more than DVD 1 to DVD 3 in one small format. These are up to 70 real, physical servers and not VMs? You might want to look at automated ways to

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, mick crane wrote: > What's the best appropriate means then to fetch mirror and then only fetch > differences to local copy ? wget does that doesn't it ? That's indeed an old selling point of Jigdo: No need to download packages which you already have. But you need a pair of .jigdo and

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread mick crane
On 2020-09-20 16:31, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, mick crane wrote: Somebody mentioned jigdo which looked like a good thing. Jigdo is used for making ISO images from a frame of ISO 9660 metadata and other non-packaged stuff (the .template file), and the .deb packages on a mirror, or in a

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Peter
Hi , I will be administering all the servers. I can trust them, I just cannot have internet in that net. The number of servers can go up to 70. Also servers are in different location with relatively slow(1-5 Mb/s) connections. Do you see any drawbacks if I copy the 3 DVD of Debian 10 on each

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, mick crane wrote: > Somebody mentioned jigdo which looked like a good thing. Jigdo is used for making ISO images from a frame of ISO 9660 metadata and other non-packaged stuff (the .template file), and the .deb packages on a mirror, or in a repository, or in an older ISO image. The .jigdo

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread mick crane
On 2020-09-20 15:46, Peter wrote: Hi, I want to setup a few servers(30+) on intranet network and NONE(not even a master server or anything like that) of them having internet access. What is best approach so I can still install packages on demand ? Try to make custom repo ? But in this

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Dan Ritter
Peter wrote: > Hi, > > I want to setup a few servers(30+) on intranet network and NONE(not > even a master server or anything like that) of them having internet access. > > What is best approach so I can still install packages on demand ? > > Try to make custom repo ? But in this case what

Re: Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Hans
Am Sonntag, 20. September 2020, 16:46:04 CEST schrieb Peter: Hi, I would install with the full-install dvd, not netinst. Then you could setup an own repo (by mirroring the one you need). At last point the servers to your own repo server. However, besides, i personally would never trust those

Offline systems

2020-09-20 Thread Peter
Hi, I want to setup a few servers(30+) on intranet network and NONE(not even a master server or anything like that) of them having internet access. What is best approach so I can still install packages on demand ? Try to make custom repo ? But in this case what will be the proper procedure