Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:20:54 +0200 From: Coert Waagmeester <coertw2@gawab.com> To: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: local mirrors of ports and packages? Message-ID: <1217370054.26937.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <54db43990807291347q3960b0d3xdd0b6da606e82f0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <1217359489.26937.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> <54db43990807291347q3960b0d3xdd0b6da606e82f0a@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 2008-07-29 at 16:47 -0400, Bob Johnson wrote: > On 7/29/08, Coert Waagmeester <coertw2@gawab.com> wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > > > > > I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. > > > > What I would like to know is, how can I make local mirrors of ports and > > packages? I live in South-Africa, and bandwidth is painfully slow and > > expensive. > > > > How many data would it be in total? > > Does fetching from an existing mirror in South Africa help, e.g. > cvsup.za.freebsd.org or ftp.za.freebsd.org? > > > -- Bob Johnson > fbsdlists@gmail.com Yes, I am currently rsyncing: ftp://ftp.is.co.za/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/ Is this the correct data? And where in FreeBSD do I change the mirror list or installation source? Thank you in advance, Coert
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