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Howdy all,
I am running 2 Linux systems (1 server
comprising of a Cyrix 686 chip with 32MB RAM, the other a 486 workstation), and
I have the systems set up so that when I run APT-GET on the 486, it checks
/var/cache/apt/archives on the server to see if the required files exist before
downloading them. If they do, use them, if not, download ferom the 'net
and store in the above-mentioned location. For some reason, though, I am
now getting an error when trying to install/remove/upgrade on the 486. The
server runs fine, no problems there. But the 486 will not perform the
APT-GET functions properly. I have the error message, and my mount
properties below:
# apt-get install uucp
Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following NEW packages will be installed: uucp 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (22 Invalid argument) E: Unable to lock the download directory [root@generic:pts/0-1!/var/cache/apt/archives]
# mount /dev/hda5 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) 192.168.2.15:/home on /home type nfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,rsize=8192,wsize=81 92,addr=192.168.2.15) 192.168.2.15:/var/cache/apt/archives on /var/cache/apt/archives type nfs (rw,noe xec,nosuid,nodev,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,addr=192.168.2.15) [root@generic:pts/0-1!/var/cache/apt/archives]
# I realize this may not be enough information to
help find a solution, but with some guidance, I can locate more info from my
systems for anyone wishing to tackle this problem.
I was told that this method of mounting the
server's /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory would make things far more
efficient, and that it would be less painful to download things only once.
And I can agree with that as our 'net connection is only a 56k
modem.
In the meantime, any takers?
Cheers!
Mike Shepherd (AKA: The Sheepster) Ham:
VE7PRT
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