Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-05-04 Thread Guruprasad
Actually, approx comes with a tool to import debs into its cache: approx import.  You just point it at some deb files and voila!  No downloading needed. No other go but to use apt-proxy/apt-cacher/approx. Will use them and get back with the experience. Btw, how do I turn off the digest mode

Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread L.Guruprasad
Hi all, I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local debian mirror. However I don't want to download the files from a debian mirror to create a local one? Is it possible to create a mirror using the 5 DVDs of debian that I have? I tried using the option

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Anand Sivaram
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 15:23, L.Guruprasad lgp171...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local debian mirror. However I don't want to download the files from a debian mirror to create a local one? Is it possible to create a mirror using

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Yitzhak Grossman
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:54:32 +0530 Anand Sivaram aspn...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 15:23, L.Guruprasad lgp171...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local debian mirror. However I don't want to download the files from a

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
L.Guruprasad lgp171...@gmail.com : I want to do mass network installation using pxe boot and using a local debian mirror. Also care about the security download during the install. You should cache them. -- Architecte Informatique chez Blueline/Gulfsat: Administration Systeme,

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread L.Guruprasad
Hi, Take a look at apt-cacher instead of a full mirror, see whether it could help you. http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher Or approx - I use it and like it very much. The problem is that these tools involve one time download and I don't want to make even

Re: Creating a debian local mirror from 5 debian DVDs

2010-04-29 Thread Celejar
On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 19:49:52 +0530 L.Guruprasad lgp171...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Take a look at apt-cacher instead of a full mirror, see whether it could help you. http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-set-up-a-repository-cache-with-apt-cacher Or approx - I use it and like it very much. The