[02:48] <h3sp4wn> can ubuntu-server be installed over a serial console ?
[03:03] <tepsipakki> yes
[03:03] <tepsipakki> at least the netboot-version can
[03:07] <h3sp4wn> any idea where I could get that from
[03:08] <h3sp4wn> Would it just work by default (machine has no video card keyboard or monitor) or would I have to mount the image and add console=/dev/* or similar)
[03:08] <h3sp4wn> to the boot line
[03:15] <tepsipakki> console=ttyS0,9600n8
[03:15] <tepsipakki> for the kernel
[03:16] <tepsipakki> that's what the netboot-image runs
[03:17] <h3sp4wn> thanks
[03:17] <tepsipakki> and that you can find from http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/
[11:42] <LuckyLuke> hello there. I'm not sure if it's 100% ontopic here, but I'm looking for info about how to set up a personal mirror for ubuntu (I have to keep updated lots of systems). I tried looking around in the web but I couldn't find anything...
[11:42] <LuckyLuke> (to be a little more ontopic, I would use an ubuntu-server :D)
[11:44] <spike> LuckyLuke: debmirror?
[11:44] <LuckyLuke> I'll give a look at it, thanks
[11:45] <spike> LuckyLuke: debpartial-mirror even
[11:45] <spike> guess you'r not interested in "the whole thing"
[11:46] <LuckyLuke> I'm interested in a mirror for apt-get update & dist-upgrade some x86 & x86-64 machines
[11:47] <spike> are you sure you actually want to mirro ubuntu archives and not just cache downloaded packages?
[11:47] <LuckyLuke> depends on the size of the archives
[11:48] <LuckyLuke> if it's too big I would use a squid configured to cache big files, but that would mean telling people to use a proxy.
[11:48] <LuckyLuke> or maybe there's a smarter way I don't know :D
[11:48] <spike> yes, there is, it's called transparent proxy
[11:49] <spike> basically you set on the GW a rule that redirect all outgoing connections on port 80 to the proxy
[11:49] <LuckyLuke> I thought transp proxy would just work on a lan
[11:49] <LuckyLuke> I already did some transp proxies. But the mirror would be used by other people on the 'net, in this case
[11:50] <spike> oh, ok, nm then, it wont work
[11:50] <spike> thought you were on a LAN
[11:50] <LuckyLuke> basically, I already run a gentoo-portage (rsync) and a freebsd (cvsup) mirrors
[11:50] <LuckyLuke> I use them for my systems at work (lan) but they are also used by friends and other people of the local LUG
[11:51] <LuckyLuke> or some systems located in customers offices (internet)
[11:51] <LuckyLuke> I'll take a look at debmirror, thanks
[12:00] <tepsipakki> I've used "apt-mirror" for our U. mirror
[12:01] <tepsipakki> it's quite handy
[12:02] <LuckyLuke> on garr.it the ubuntu-archive mirror is 110Gb, but it keeps hoary, warty, dapper and breezy, each with backports and so on. I would only keep the current stable (breezy now, dapper when it'll be the time) without backports and proposed... I hope I'll stay under 50Gb
[12:02] <tepsipakki> with apt-mirror you can choose which versions to hold
[12:03] <LuckyLuke> yep
[12:03] <spike> LuckyLuke: isnt the one garr.it for different arch as well?