Re: kernel.org mirror[oops]
I'm wanting to start mirror Debian here (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) since
I have installed 10 box of Debian Linux around UFRJ campus. :)
Anyone have the steps to use rsync (the best solution to mirror) or some
conf file.
Have a nice day, Paulo Henrique
Quoting Pierfrancesco Caci (ik5pvx@penny.ik5pvx.ampr.org):
> :-> "Chris" == Chris Brown <CBROWN@seitz.com> writes:
>
> > Hello everyone,
> > Sorry about that last message, I had a little glitch with my
> > computer. Anyway, my question has to do with mirroring. We are
> > using slink's fmirror package to mirror "ftp.us.kernel.org". We
> > realize that ftp.us.kernel.org often fowards ftp requests to other
> > servers. Our problem is that these other servers have different
> > file times, and sometimes even completely different
> > directory trees. Every time we run the fmirror script it says it
> > needs to redownload about 600 megs of stuff we already have. It
> > sometimes even deletes directories that we want, even though we have
> > the "nodel: 1" option set in the config file. Should we chose one of
> > the ftp sites that ftp.us.kernel.org fowards to and stick with that?
> > If so, which one is best? Is there a bug in fmirror that causes it
> > to delete directories even though the nodel option is set?
>
>
>
> the us mirrors are told to have some problems now, which are being
> addressed. If you intend to frequently mirror the entire kernel.org
> site, you'd better use rsync and maybe become yourself part of the
> official mirror sites. More about this on the mailing list
> mirrors@linux.kernel.org
>
> Pf
>
>
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