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To: Andrew Westrate <azuresky@engin.umich.edu>
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Subject: Re: ftp mirror 
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 20:50:03 -0700
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>I'm trying to set up a lan with 30 computers running FreeBSD.  We would like 
>to set up one machine as a mirror to the ftp site, so that we can do the 
>installations from the local computer, but when I tried to find out how to do 
>this from the web site, I could only find info on setting up a mirror for the 
>web site.
>
>So, how can I mirror the ftp site?

   Most people use the "mirror" software written in perl. I think you can find
it in the FreeBSD ports collection.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project