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

[Adrian Sutton]

On 01/03/2007, at 3:16 PM, Anthony Irwin wrote:
> 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.

We have two machines running debian testing, both on completely  
separate networks, so our own APT server isn't going to be  
particularly useful, nor is copying the deb files. Good to know about  
the apt archives cache though - I'm sure it will come in handy at  
some point.

Regards,

Adrian Sutton
http://www.symphonious.net