[wellylug] updating vs bandwidth

[Mark Foster]

Worth citing for the record that Windows has basically the same issues; 
Windows Update works well on a per-host basis but enterprises with several 
machines behind the same link deploy WSUS and have to maintain a similar 
sized repo of updates.

There's probably a market for a simple repo for caching updates in the 
manner you're looking for, i'm unaware of any simple tools for doing it 
short of Callums suggestion, and am looking forward to seeing other 
answers :-)

You could try posting to NZLUG for a wider audience, too.

Mark.

On Sat, 6 Mar 2010, Callum Grant wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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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