On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:54 AM, GRAMS, CHRISTIAN <CGR@xxxxxx> wrote: > Why not create a local yum repo? No proxy needed. > Check this: http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-a-local-yum-repository-fedora8 The problem with that method is the high startup cost and the large amount of waste * I have to do a full rsync of all the repos I'll be using * there will be a lot of files that I neither want nor need (all of gnome for example) I've used this method before, on campus, and even on their fairly large pipe, the initial rsync of just the main repo (not considering livna, etc) took quite some time and a lot of hdd space (even with the proper excludes) -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list