[tech] Possibly a stupid question...

[Warrick Mitchell]

On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 10:40:22PM +0800, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> > On Nov 10, Nick Bannon scrawled :
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 10:08:52PM +0800, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> > [...]
> > >   cp -r -v /debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/ /...wherever...
> > [...]
> > > Did I get this right, or do I need more complicated commands
> > > to get a working mirror? (I don't want to have to copy all of slink
> > > as well as potato.)

rsync -avz ftp.linux.org.au::pub/debian/dists/potato /home/ftp/pub/unix/linux/debian/dists/potato

is your friend :)

ftp.linux.org.au is on 10 mb  fibre to waix and this will get you everythng needed for potato quickly and easily :)

Seeya,
Warrick