From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 29 20:26:13 2008 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 13CC7106564A for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:26:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from coertw2@gawab.com) Received: from ctb-mesg7.saix.net (ctb-mesg7.saix.net [196.25.240.77]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A78128FC0C for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:26:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from coertw2@gawab.com) Received: from [10.20.30.100] (dsl-244-56-144.telkomadsl.co.za [41.244.56.144]) by ctb-mesg7.saix.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB08B2C1A for ; Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:24:59 +0200 (SAST) From: Coert Waagmeester To: FreeBSD-questions Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:24:49 +0200 Message-Id: <1217359489.26937.3.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-8.el5_2.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: local mirrors of ports and packages? 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: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:26:13 -0000 Hi all! I am quite new to FreeBSD. I am quite a boffin on Linux though. What I would like to know is, how can I make local mirrors of ports and packages? I live in South-Africa, and bandwidth is painfully slow and expensive. How many data would it be in total? Thanks in advance, Coert FreeBSD newbie