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From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To: alex huppenthal <alex@comsys.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE - what/where?
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On Tue, 25 Mar 1997, alex huppenthal wrote:

> Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:
> > >
> > > With the number of server I maintain it does mean that I hit your server a
> > > bit more than I'd care to.  Not to mention it takes longer.  8-(
> > 
> > Get a 200 MB hard disk configured as an anonymous ftp server and run a
> > portable mirror. 200MB will give you the distrib and your favourite 
> >packages.
> 
> how do you do that, sounds like what I should be doing too!

Get a small HD (200-500MB) and pop it in a PC and install FreeBSD on it.  
If you have a CD, use that, even if it is an old version - make your life 
easy - alternatively use whatever means you have.  Make sure you have a 
partition with > 100MB space.

Get the package or port for wget: 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/net/wget

Build and install wget on this machine.

Set up anonymous ftp (see man ftpd) with the home directory of user ftp 
in the partition with lots of space (e.g. /usr/home/ftp)

cd ~ftp
(Substitute your local mirror site, of course)
wget -X /pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE/des -m -r -nH \
         ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE

wget -m -r -nH \
         ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.7.1-RELEASE/des

(on a modem 4-6 hours pass - set it up before you go to bed)

You now have a bootable FreeBSD hard disk with an anonymous ftp site 
which has a mirror of the important parts of 2.1.7.1-RELEASE
If you are inside the USA, you can skip the -X ...des bit.

So, whenever you want to do an install, take the hard disk with you, plug 
it into a nearby machine and specify an ftp server by URL in the setup.

Mirroring specific packages is left as an exercise to the reader.

Danny