On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, C.Lee Taylor wrote: > Greetings ... > > Thanks Robert for your reply, both options would be an idea, but a > little out of my league, for one, I think I will just setup a proxy > server, and get all my servers to run through that, and for the queuing > system, I think I will just keep my scratch pad next to me and write > down what I want for now. Naaa, it's not out of your league. There are step by step instructions for at least the rsync option on the yum HOWTO and/or the yum article on my website. If you have a few spare GB of space on any partition I'd urge that you give the rsync method a try (and give me feedback on the directions at the same time). So don't worry, I'll catch you if you fall (if not me, other list members:-), and fix the documentation at the same time. Look under http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/general.php for links to the yum documentation that tells how, complete with step by step examples involving real servers... Seriously, if you think setting up a proxy server is part of an acceptable solution, rsync-mirroring should be a piece of cake. Oh, and I forgot to even mention a second way to create a mirror that is possibly even easier -- somebody on this list has written an application called "yum mirror" using yum's urlgrabber and the file/header lists it generates. I think creating a mirror of a yum repository is a one step process using this tool and doesn't even involve figuring out anonymous rsync (or having a server that supports it). Basically, if yum can use a repository, you can mirror it in such a way that you can use the local mirror instead. Look on the list archives or maybe the main yum page (seth?) for a link to yum-mirror -- I can't recall it offhand but its author is on the list, of course and will probably speak out. rgb > > Thanks again > Mailed > Lee > > > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
