[wellylug] updating vs bandwidth

[Callum Grant]

You can create your own update server with apt-mirror then use a pxe  
boot disk to install ubuntu using packages from that server, but  
that's about 50gb then you have to keep that updated.

Hope this helps,

Callum Grant

On 6/03/2010, at 6:39 PM, Atom Smasher <atom at smasher.org> wrote:

> here in the land of slow/metered bandwidth, what's a good way to keep
> ubuntu up to date with more than one installation?
>
> also, if there's one system that's already up to date (and fairly  
> generic,
> same cpu), is there a convenient way to create installation media from
> that? without downloading a new CD? i suppose i could clone the  
> HD... but
> that doesn't seem like the best way when the hardware is different  
> and i'm
> not really looking to clone the original.
>
> thanks...
>
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