Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 08:15:44 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: alex huppenthal <alex@comsys.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE - what/where? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970327080011.18394k-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3338CF9B.6BF7@comsys.com>
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On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, alex huppenthal wrote: > Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > With the number of server I maintain it does mean that I hit your server a > > > bit more than I'd care to. Not to mention it takes longer. 8-( > > > > Get a 200 MB hard disk configured as an anonymous ftp server and run a > > portable mirror. 200MB will give you the distrib and your favourite > >packages. > > how do you do that, sounds like what I should be doing too! Get a small HD (200-500MB) and pop it in a PC and install FreeBSD on it. If you have a CD, use that, even if it is an old version - make your life easy - alternatively use whatever means you have. Make sure you have a partition with > 100MB space. Get the package or port for wget: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/net/wget Build and install wget on this machine. Set up anonymous ftp (see man ftpd) with the home directory of user ftp in the partition with lots of space (e.g. /usr/home/ftp) cd ~ftp (Substitute your local mirror site, of course) wget -X /pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE/des -m -r -nH \ ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE wget -m -r -nH \ ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE/des (on a modem 4-6 hours pass - set it up before you go to bed) You now have a bootable FreeBSD hard disk with an anonymous ftp site which has a mirror of the important parts of 2.1.7.1-RELEASE If you are inside the USA, you can skip the -X ...des bit. So, whenever you want to do an install, take the hard disk with you, plug it into a nearby machine and specify an ftp server by URL in the setup. Mirroring specific packages is left as an exercise to the reader. Danny
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