[H-GEN] Mega distro server.

[Harry Phillips]

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David Seikel wrote:
> 
> I will also endeavor to mirror the updates,
> with the notable exception of Red Hat who are making it more impossible
> each day.
> 

I use fmirror and mirror.aarnet.edu.au to get my Mandrake updates.

I just checked and there is a dir called /pub/redhat/updates/ on the 
server. It contains all the updates from 9 right back to 1.0.

Using mirror.aarnet.edu.au gives you several benefits:
1. It is in Australia so it is faster.
2. They have already dragged it across the US/Austrlia link so the money 
Australia pays the US for traffic is reduced.
3. You don't have to worry about Redhat limiting bandwidth for your 
updates because you didn't pay them money.

I then use the 'autoupdate' utility to keep my servers and workstations 
up-to-date from one central network point.

-- 
Regards,
Harry Phillips
--- Failure is not an option,
     it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.


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