Re: approx for new "netinst" installation
* Paul E Condon <pecondon@mesanetworks.net> [110130 21:15]:
> On 20110129_230759, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > * Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net> [110126 03:45]:
> > > On Tuesday 25 January 2011 16:17:56 Russell L. Harris wrote:
> > > > I am trying to discover how -- if it is possible -- to use "approx" in
> > > > order to minimize download time and bandwidth during a new "netinst"
> > > > installation.
> > ...
> > I tried that, entering "192.168.0.200" (the LAN address of my approx
> > server) as the "Debian archive mirror hostname" and
>
> Have you tried "192.168.0.200:9999" ? I think you need the port number
> and the default port for approx is 9999.
Yes. Thank you! That was the missing specification -- which I should
have understood from the note in the dialogue box, which told how to
specify an alternate port.
After I specified the server as "192.168.0.200:9999", the installer
provided (as the default) the directory name "/debian/". I pressed
ENTER, and it worked.
RLH
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