> Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:27:29 +0200 > From: "C.Lee Taylor" <leet@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [Yum] Questions about headers ... > To: yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Message-ID: <3F719BC1.3090604@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Greetings ... > > Got a few questions, hope that they make sense ... > > First, is there a way to "package" the headers, so that I don't have > to wait almost an hour to do my first "yum check-update"? I could also > save a little bandwidth if I could put the basic headers in place before > an update ... > > Another question, would it not be better to just download the > headers for the packages install on a PC that one would be doing an > update on? > > I ask these question, because bandwidth in South Africa is like > water in Mexico ( please don't flame me, it just sound poetic ), or like water in the karoo? > expensive and hard to find quality ... if there are anyways to reduce > bandwidth requirments I am all ears ... and I am sure that the mirrors > and hosts for yum repo's would welcome any help as well ... run a local ftp server, you need about 6gb of drive space to hold all the rpms for one distro eg rh9, that includes freshrpms, fedora, rh and rawhide. Intekom(telkom) run a local mirror of the redhat site and I think they also do freshrpms. try them first or you will waste all your bandwidth. > > Thanks > Mailed > Lee
