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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: PXE install, without internet? Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:02:14 +1100 From: Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> To: Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1...@gmail.com> On 12/01/14 01:29, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > Thanks for replying Scott,appreciated your time and effort. > > If I do apt-cdrom add, It will look for the cd-rom right, not the iso. Yes. > So I'll first need to mount the iso somewhere and tweak the > sources.list to point to a file, rather than a dvd. Or just temporarily symlink to where the cdrom is. If the first box (PXE server) is already built, make that the apt-cacher-ng server, and add the contents to any DVDs to it (apt-cacher-ng). i.e. don't do the apt-cdrom add set the proxy on the pxe server to localhost:3142 using /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90proxy or (/etc/apt/apt.conf) Then add proxy to any new machines as http://pxeserver:3142 After that any box will get it's packages from the pxeserver. If the pxeserver doesn't have them it'll pull them from whatever repository *and* release is requested (a mirror can't do that). On the other hand if you do run a mirror you 'could' make it public and help other Debian users in your local area. Your budget and bandwidth may be deciding factors. Apt-cacher-ng is fast, simple, and has a nice web-interface for management purposes. http://103.1.185.162/images/misc/apt-cacher-ng.jpg > > And yes, one box is already ready with debian 7 32 bits, which is also > a PXE server and I'll be now using the same server to install 64 bit > version of debian on 20 PCs. (Which are 32 bit debian now) > > Thanks a lot again :) > Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52d1e9df.4070...@gmail.com