"In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:" > > You're also almost as good as stating that one cannot > backup /etc, toss in a spare drive, do the install off a local > NFS/FTP mount (less than 2 hours by a long shot) throw /etc > back in (no need for a tape even, whatta concept!) and then get > the rest of the data from there in under 2 hours.
I'm digging through my newsspool & dejanews for an answer to this and can't find it. If the docs mention it I can't find it. Can you help? You mention a local NFS mount for installing. I'm doing some practice installs from scratch as practice for a local (Vancouver) installfest next weekend and the install procedure mentions NFS as an option for installing the base system. Is it possible to NFS mount ftp.debian.org for this? Or is the option only there for mounting local file systems? If it's possible to remotely mount, could you tell the incantation? I must have tried pretty much every one except the right one. Thanks. Rick -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://vcn.bc.ca/~rick