[H-GEN] Linux Distribution for A Dell Poweredge 840?

[Anthony Irwin]

Adrian Sutton wrote:
> On 01/03/2007, at 1:34 PM, Ted Percival wrote:
>> Adrian Sutton wrote:
>>> The new server does have SATA2 which I believe Debian stable doesn't
>>> support out of the box.
>>
>> There are unofficial Debian stable install ISOs with more recent
>> kernels. At the moment the latest available one has a 2.6.20 kernel.
>> http://kmuto.jp/debian/d-i/
>>
>> I found a long list of unofficial installers at
>> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Debian/installers.html#unofficial
> 
> Yes but they aren't included in security updates and the like. Not to 
> mention the fact that they tend to just be a net-install image where as 
> we really want to be able to install from disc to avoid having to 
> redownload everything if we need to reinstall. This is particularly 
> useful since at home I can (and now have) download the full Debian 
> distribution as DVD ISOs from my ISPs mirror without using my download 
> quota. At work no such mirror exists so a net-based install would be 
> significantly slower.
>

You can copy the deb files from /var/cache/apt/archives from the 
machine with the latest packages installed to the same location on a 
machine with older packages and it will install the updates from the 
hard drive instead of downloading them.

This way you can save time and bandwidth. Also if you have a number of 
machines that need updating you can set up your own apt server for 
them to look at.

Kind Regards,
Anthony Irwin