Re: Making new installations
Vineet Kumar said: > If you'll be running multiple debian machines at a site, I > highly recommend apt-proxy. Configure one machine as an apt > proxy and point all of the other machines' sources.list at > it. Then you only download each package once, on demand > (rather than creating a whole local mirror) and it's all > very transparent. yes,yes,yes. this is innumerable cool and time-saving. Fast too! And saves bandwidth on the debian archives. Let me count the ways I love the apt-cacher program, another apt proxy program. -- --Luke CS Sysadmin, Montana State University-Bozeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making new installations
Ross Boylan wrote: > Sorry, I was unclear. There's only one box involved, with different > partitions. Still, perhaps apt-proxy will offer some clues. > > Ideally, I could just point all my versions of the OS at the same apt > files (at least if they are approximatelly similar versions of apt), > but I don't know if that's safe or feasible. /var/cache/apt is just downloaded packages - the package state info is under /var/lib/dpkg. You should be able to share files in /var/cache/apt without problems. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making new installations
On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 11:35:58AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])[20040604 > 09:36]: > > I have an installed Debian system, and am interested in making some > > more. I'm interested in both new installs and chroots. I realize > > these may have somewhat different solutions. > > > > As for making a new install, I see two options: I can run the debian > > installer or deboostrap. > > > > Are there other options? > > > > Both the options I know want to pull in debs, but I already have them > > on my system. Is there some way to get it to use them? As far as I > > can tell, the usual format for a debian archive is different from that > > of apt's cache that has the debs on my system. > > If you'll be running multiple debian machines at a site, I Sorry, I was unclear. There's only one box involved, with different partitions. Still, perhaps apt-proxy will offer some clues. Ideally, I could just point all my versions of the OS at the same apt files (at least if they are approximatelly similar versions of apt), but I don't know if that's safe or feasible. For example, if the info on what files are downloaded is mixed with info on what files are installed on the system, it wouldn't work to will to share that info across systems. > highly recommend apt-proxy. Configure one machine as an apt > proxy and point all of the other machines' sources.list at > it. Then you only download each package once, on demand > (rather than creating a whole local mirror) and it's all > very transparent. > > As for your bootstrapping issue, take a look inside > debootstrap; it's a shell script. It already includes an > option to unpack a tarball instead of downloading packages > via http. You could also set up your own web server and > edit the MIRRORS line in debootstrap to point at it. > Thanks for the tips. > good times, > Vineet -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making new installations
* Ross Boylan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])[20040604 09:36]: > I have an installed Debian system, and am interested in making some > more. I'm interested in both new installs and chroots. I realize > these may have somewhat different solutions. > > As for making a new install, I see two options: I can run the debian > installer or deboostrap. > > Are there other options? > > Both the options I know want to pull in debs, but I already have them > on my system. Is there some way to get it to use them? As far as I > can tell, the usual format for a debian archive is different from that > of apt's cache that has the debs on my system. If you'll be running multiple debian machines at a site, I highly recommend apt-proxy. Configure one machine as an apt proxy and point all of the other machines' sources.list at it. Then you only download each package once, on demand (rather than creating a whole local mirror) and it's all very transparent. As for your bootstrapping issue, take a look inside debootstrap; it's a shell script. It already includes an option to unpack a tarball instead of downloading packages via http. You could also set up your own web server and edit the MIRRORS line in debootstrap to point at it. good times, Vineet pgpa8NpmhnmKM.pgp Description: PGP signature
