Bug#393523: successful install, informational bug report
Op 16-10-2006 om 13:48 schreef Scott Fitzgerald:
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> I maintain several computers in two homes, so I keep a mirror of the debian
> mirror at MIT.edu as a filesystem and copy that from computer to computer,
> then I install from the filesystem. I find this practice saves MIT.edu
> bandwidth (I only update one copy) and saves me time (a disk partition is
> faster that a DSL modem.) I was very upset that there was no way to install
> from the file system, or at least there was no obvious way of doing it (I am
> discussing a filesystem that I installed via a boot-cd to a large partition
> before installing debian on the same disk.) Looks like I could access an
> intranet lan to do this, but I do not have one set up. Being able to do this
> would be a great wishlist item for people responsible for multiple PC's.
I suggest that you install at each "home" a local mirror of a Debian
archive. I'm happy with the programm apt-proxy (`aptitude install apt-proxy`)
> Thank You
> --
> Scotty Fitzgerald
Thank you for your contributions.
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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