then to found the fastest local mirror via 'apt-spy -d stable -a Oceania' which timed each of them.
apt-spy will overwrite 'sources.list', so make a backup of the original.
apt-spy can only write limited sources.list file, so edit the new sources.list to include full distro tree.
double check the sources.list entry via browser coz sometimes it points to a empty directory, edit mirror list to remove offending mirror: repeat apt-spy update....
last sunday the fastest was ftp.wa.au.debian.org and I live in Lismore, NSW (!)
east coast must be saturated with wend deb downloaders....
regards
Russell
OK, I installed the Debian distribution that SLUG fixed up in the one cd package. Installation was much easier than I thought on an old Compaq Armada.
Everything looks good, BUT question:
what should a reasonable sources.list file contain?
Help appreciated,
Cheers,
Alan
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