[frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011

  • From: "I.B." <imreb321@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:16:08 -0400

You could try apt-proxy - Debian archive proxy and partial mirror
builder

I used it a while ago. apt-proxy caches packages and updates as they are
installed, if it doesn't have it fetches it from the repository. 


On Fri, 2011-09-16 at 17:53 -0400, Tony Germano wrote:
> I can try to find out how large the other repositories are. The 40GB
> should be large enough for main and security from what I remember. We
> will need so few packages from restricted/universe/multiverse that it
> may be better to just download and install them manually rather than
> mirror the entire repositories. We can still save them locally. I
> haven't looked into what it takes to run a custom repository, but I
> think it is more complicated than a mirror because you have to
> maintain the package lists and digitally sign stuff yourself. The
> archive mirror itself is basically just a web server, so the specs
> aren't that important.  I was testing with a P2 or P3 with 64mb of
> ram.
> 
> 
> I'm not sure if we want to set up a pxe boot environment for it or
> not. I am far from a networking genius, but I was able to get it
> working. It can be nice for some things, but isn't necessary. I've
> found that many older systems don't have network boot options in the
> bios, but virtually all can support it with a gpxe boot disk. In my
> test install I had network boot options for ubuntu install, dban,
> slitaz live cd, and a few bios flash utilities since I had many
> similar boxes running less than current bios versions, and I couldn't
> find a working floppy disk. Slitaz was kind of nice to have for
> testing since it boots up fast even on systems below our freebox
> minimum specs. (Thanks Chuq for introducing me to Slitaz on this list
> many moons ago.)
> 
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________
> From: tbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011
> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:23:08 -0400
> 
> Thanks for offering to work on the repository. 
> 
>  
> 
> I thought I would have free time to set up a repository at work then
> move it to the workshop when the Internet connection was ready. But my
> free time at work evaporated long before we got the Internet
> connection up at the workshop. I still have the 1U server in my IT
> room, and I will bring it to the workshop next Thursday. 
> 
>  
> 
> The Supermicro 1U server has (1) P4 2.2 MHz cpu, (1) 40 GB SATA drive,
> FD, CDROM, (2) Intel gigabit Ethernet ports, (2) PS/2, (4) USB, (1)
> VGA, (1) serial. If by your estimate we need a larger hard drive, let
> me know how big. I am reloading Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS on the system
> now because I forgot the login credentials. I’ll find out how much RAM
> is in the box later.
> 
> Tom --
> 
>  
> 
>                                    
> ______________________________________________________________________
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> [mailto:frgeek-michiana-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tony
> Germano
> Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 14:38
> To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Re: Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Fantastic work everyone! It sounds like things are moving along very
> nicely. I might be able to assist with setting up the repository. I
> had one working several months ago. I don't remember exactly how I set
> it up, but I'm sure it would come back to me quickly :) One thing that
> I do remember is that it is pretty large in terms of disk space. I
> think I was only mirroring binaries (no source) from the main and
> security repositories because universe/multiverse are enormous. I
> don't remember if I tried restricted.
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
>  
> 
> > Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:02:00 -0400
> > From: mikecook@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: frgeek-michiana@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [frgeek-michiana] Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011
> > 
> > Warehouse Report - Sept. 15, 2011
> > 
> > Volunteers: Dan, Mike, Dale N, Phil, Kelsey
> > 
> > When we arrived I tried again to setup wifi in the warehouse. This
> time I was able to get everything configured correctly and it went off
> without a hitch. For the time being I have the wifi security set up as
> UWD (Unplug When Done). If necessary we can put further controls on
> later.
> > 
> > Dale, Dan and I started out by setting up a testing station and
> testing monitors and moving them from pallets and gaylords into the
> racks we finished up last week. 
> > 
> > Next week we plan to:
> > * Continue testing and moving monitors onto the racks.
> > * Clear out the aisles in the warehouse. 
> > * Connect the server rack to the Internet.
> > 
> > Additional projects on deck:
> > * Get everything up off the floor in the workshop.
> > * Decide how we are going to organize our storage.
> > * Create an Ubuntu repository.
> > * Try to get workshop access to the PoE supply for the wifi bridge.
> > 
> > We could certainly use more help if anybody has time.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > 
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