[NTLUG:Discuss] NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Creating an APT-GET Mirror

[Paul Ingendorf]

What type of systems are the installs being done on? A Three hour install
for Fedora is really high except on lower end boxes like a PII.  If you are
looking to do a repository, plan on keeping it centered around a redhat
style distro, and you are looking ot keep it simple stick with yum.  The
configuration is easy eough you can learn every aspect of it in about half
an hour and it will do exactly what you want.  Apt is great but I think in
the long run, while it is as easy to use as yum from the client side, the
setup and configuration can burn a lot more time.


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To add a little clarification, I have the students presently install RH
7.2 full install - only because a full install takes about 1 hour.  Full
installation of RH 9 or Fedora requires in excess of 3 hours - way to
long for class installation.  The hopeful intent is for the class to do
a minimum installation of Fedora, then apt-get (yum) any other (server)
applications required for the course.  Thus the install time would be
minimum, realistic updating of a server using apt-get (yum) .  One of my
objectives is to have the students learn that Linux serves as a server,
one has an alternative to MS.

Dennis
dearroz at comcast.net



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