Re: Mirrors(?) for local repo

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On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 08:32 -0400, David Boles wrote:
> Frank Murphy wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-06-22 at 08:07 -0400, David Boles wrote:
> >> Frank Murphy wrote:
> >>> How do you know the correct mirrors for rsync a local repo.
> >>> Is it by the biggest bandwidth one chooses,
> >>> or just the closest geographically?
> >>
> >> Closest does not necessarily mean 'fastest'. And not all mirrors support rsync.
> >>
> > 
> > I'm looking at the mirrors page, put how to choose?
> 
> 
> Look at the sites that list rsync and then look at the ones that have the 
> highest bandwidth. Then read the comments on the far right.
> 
> The FedoraUnity Fedora 9 everything spins are 24 CDs or 4 DVDs. So if that is 
> what you intend to do you have a lot to download. I still don't understand why.
> 
> You do understand how rsync works correct? The first time you download 
> *everything* you will do just that. Download *everything*. And since the 
> 'everything' folder does not change you will not get anything new from there.
> 
> The only folder that would change for you is the Fedora 9 updates folder.


I'm looking into rsync on the centos list (which I've joined) to get
some pointers in case it's a tweaked verison for it. 
To use maybe excludes if possible for packages that would never be in
use here (home-lan).

Frank

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