On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 19:10 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On Jan 27, 2008 4:17 PM, Martin Marques <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > But in reality, after you install mrepo and configure (and it took, me a > > > day or so to get everything that wasn't included on the DVD and all of > > > 'updates' downloaded), the benefit is that it's always lightning quick > > > to install/update because everything is local. > > > > Craig, I quite understand the benefits of a synced mirror (we have them > > at work) but at home I don't have disk space to use. :-( > > 16GB? I have everything from FC6 to today mirrored at home, 32 and 64 bit. It's ~126 GB. Luckily, 500GB drives are pretty cheap these days (last I checked Newegg had them for about $109 with free shipping). Thomas
