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From: Magnate on 8 Jan 2008 07:09
(repost from linux.debian.user, which is drowning in spam)

"Magnate" <contact.me(a)some.other.way> wrote in message news:...
> I've used apt-cacher for years, but I've never managed to get it working
> properly with the installation process. During install I select "enter
> mirror information manually" and I put in http://my.server:3142 as the
> server and ftp.uk.debian.org/debian as the directory. It doesn't work (for
> the installer components I mean - it works fine if I do a full install
> from CD, but I want it to work from any kind of install, even just two
> floppies).
>
> Shouldn't this just work? It works for installed systems on the same
> network. Googling it reveals little because most of the hits are about
> apt-cacher-ng. Is ng better? I see no other reason to switch, since the
> original works perfectly, but if ng has better support for d-i I'd
> consider it.
>
> Am I doing something stupid? I read somewhere that you need to set
> path_map in apt-cacher.conf, but I don't see why it would be necessary for
> d-i and not for normal use. If this is what is needed, could somebody
> explain?
>
> Grateful for any thoughts on this,
>
> CC


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