Re: Debian mirror
In your email to me, Nathan E Norman, you wrote:
>
> Hi there ... I've got some empty high speed SCSI drives laying around
> and thought it would be fun to mirror the debian distribution. Our
> company uses the debian distribution so we'd like to make it easier for
> others to get the software, too. (Also, having a local copy makes new
> installs a lot faster).
>
> Anyway ... I have a few things I have to work through. Our provider
> does not yet have me properly reverse name-served, which means the
> debian master site doesn't like me very much. I don't foresee this to
> be a permanent problem, but I imagine it won't be solved immediately
> either. So, which mirror that is fairly (or netter) complete allows
> mirroring? Any recommendations? Something on the MCI or UUNet
> backbones would be a direct route for us.
I'm on alternet, but I can allow you to ftp into our mirror (llug.sep.bnl.gov)
> Any opinions on *how* to mirror the site? I've looked at the "mirror"
> package and it seems reasonable ... but I've never heard anyone comment
> about it one way or the other. Yes, I'm a newbie to ftp mirroring :)
The mirror package is the way to go. I can email you privately the
mirror.defaults file that I use for my mirror at home.
Tim
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They tell me my job is easy... anyone can do it.
Why doesn't anyone else want it?
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