FW: APT and ftp proxies
> Sorry for the HTML message, the place where I work insists on
> Outlook97 *arrrgh*.
>
> I'd like to finish my debian install, but have run into a sizable
> problem: the apt ftp method doesn't accept ftp proxies very obviously.
> That is, it's probably hidden in there somewhere how to do it, but
> given only the 6 1.44MB floppies have been loaded on to the system at
> this point, there's no easy way I can tell..
>
> Is there something I have to do to make apt's ftp method use an ftp
> proxy of the style where you present a username of user@remote.host,
> to connect to remote.host?
>
> Thanks in advance. And sorry 'bout the HTML again :)
>
> David Zanetti, Unix System Administrator, Information Technology Group
> Wellington City Council, New Zealand. Phone x3354 or 04 801 3354
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