From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 27 16:44:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 680B3106566C for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:44:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from csanyipal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8D8E8FC0A for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:44:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so2467170bwz.13 for ; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:44:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:content-type; bh=rEBD+f7/OqlJVitbIZeYQUfPCrtlXM6Y4dJ0x1mKEss=; b=LyUYQZ6XlRA227D6eEEyEVsDDNpksZwvAmqHHZTG4PCn5e1tZNnwyv4TqtdtWPn4jO akIJn9i0v6JutjfRagYvPeVpJylK/H3tj3tPq1g0NFZ4Grm9RcrI1c7h59TYIqQmaR3y /U6EHi6cJ6jFSJkqA+c1ofAs0mUOSDdl6QVfs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent:mime-version :content-type; b=FkTJm4QhZ4NKKah41yo9F+KtZW4JYZ0VZfepZc/41WK3WAMMy/ipCR5vVL+arOIPm9 oNqoZKvPB4le/MLIjWGWbpjTI1c+UynPDLaSyqoBPcBK6RmXFzyOqZ1WsR6LR007OmCb OSidsGsPUe7jdmfXzDSbs3Br2zX4keIb6ptkU= Received: by 10.204.32.9 with SMTP id a9mr2739802bkd.182.1301242426838; Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:13:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian-asztal.excito (194-170-85-95.dynamic.stcable.net [95.85.170.194]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v21sm2038537bkt.23.2011.03.27.09.13.45 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:13:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Csanyi Pal To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:13:41 +0200 Message-ID: <878vw0fsne.fsf@debian-asztal.excito> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: FreeBSD mirror server on a Debian operating system? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:44:51 -0000 Hi, I have installed on my old Toshiba Satellite 2540CDS Laptop the minimal FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE, using CD image: FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso I have a home LAN with a gateway and I have a public Debian Server too. When on my laptop want to install some package from a FreeBSD server, I can't even if I select a nearby server. In Hungary the FreeBSD server doesn't have my recent release, in Slovenia does but the internet connection is probably slow because using sysinstall the state of downloading data from server stall. So the solution that I see in my case is to have my own FreeBSD mirror server that I can use only me on my LAN. This mirror server should run on my public Debian server. Why only me should use this server? Because my ISP package allow to me only 4GB traffic. So my question is: can I have a mirror of a FreeBSD server on my public server that run already a Debian operating system? -- Regards, Paul