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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 16 22:00:01 2025
    what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror
    would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical

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  • From Titus Newswanger@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 16 22:10:01 2025
    On 7/16/25 14:51, [email protected] wrote:
    what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror
    would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical
    for Debian 12 I do a minimal install from the unmodified net install iso without network cable plugged in. After install and reboot I edit /etc/apt/sources.list to pull from my local repo then I configure
    networking.

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    Thank You!

    Titus Newswanger
    Curtiss WI

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  • From Charles Curley@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 16 23:00:01 2025
    On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:51:54 +0000
    [email protected] wrote:

    what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror
    would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical

    I'm not sure you mean by "local mirror". If you mean the one closest to
    you, absent any pressing network issues, I wouldn't worry about it. http://deb.debian.org/ points to a content delivery network (CDN) that
    picks a local server for you.

    If you mean running your own mirror, I suggest that setting up a local
    cache would be less resource intensive. Running your own mirror would
    mean pulling in a lot of stuff you'll never use. Running a cache means
    pulling in only what you use, and then you have it locally should you
    need it again, say for another machine.

    I run apt-cacher-ng with excellent results. All my machines use
    auto-apt-proxy, and I have a suitable entry in my DNS server.

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  • From Andy Smith@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 16 23:50:01 2025
    Hi,

    On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 07:51:54PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
    what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror
    would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical

    I typically use the netinstall and unless you set it to be fully
    automated it does ask you which mirror you want to use.

    The "easy route" through that set of dialogs has you say where you are
    located and then it offers a few different Debian mirrors that make
    sense for that location, however it does also let you type in your own.

    I run a local apt-cacher-ng and use the "type in your own" to specify
    that. A lot of the time the network I am on isn't actually allowed to
    reach ther Internet and only going through the apt-cacher-ng can work.
    It wouldn't have to be apt-cacher-ng, it could be a full local Debian
    mirror.

    So that's how I would (and do) do that.

    Really I should use preseed to automate that part but I have been too
    lazy so far.

    Thanks,
    Andy

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  • From [email protected]@21:1/5 to Titus Newswanger on Wed Jul 16 23:30:01 2025
    On Wed, 16 Jul 2025, Titus Newswanger wrote:


    On 7/16/25 14:51, [email protected] wrote:
    what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror
    would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical
    for Debian 12 I do a minimal install from the unmodified net install iso without network cable plugged in. After install and reboot I edit /etc/apt/sources.list to pull from my local repo then I configure
    networking.

    that sound easy enough
    thanks

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  • From Andrew M.A. Cater@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jul 17 00:20:01 2025
    On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 07:51:54PM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
    what would be the easiest way to do an install from my local mirror
    would getting a copy of netinst.iso and modify it be practical


    As someone else has pointed out, if you just need to install once on one
    system and have fast network access, deb.debian.org is fine.

    If you have to install many machines or you're isolated from the network
    by an air gap or similar, then a mirror can be helpful as a cache of
    packages.

    I have a mirror set up at home - ftpysnc is the package I used and a
    machine running either of Apache or NGINX as a web server is fine.
    This means I've got a full mirror of Debian packages and a second directory which is a mirror of the CD images. I also use it to make Debian .iso
    images from jigdo files.

    Assuming that the mirror has an IP address in the 192.168 range
    and a mirror under /debian:

    In the install dialogs, when it asks to set a mirror to install packages
    from, select your local mirror - there's an option to select a mirror manually.

    if my mirror is at 192.168.0.50 and the directory is /debian - set http://192.168.0.50 as your mirror and go from there.

    Does this help?

    Andy Cater
    ([email protected])

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  • From Russell L. Harris@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 17 01:00:02 2025
    For number of years, my local mirror has been running approx, without
    problems. All of my installs are netinst, using a USB stick.

    RLH

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  • From Titus Newswanger@21:1/5 to Titus Newswanger on Thu Jul 17 01:20:01 2025
    On 7/16/25 15:03, Titus Newswanger wrote:
    for Debian 12 I do a minimal install from the unmodified net install
    iso without network cable plugged in.
    I forgot to mention, it will want to connect to the network but the
    cable is unplugged (intentionally). I allow it to try connecting. After
    a minute or so it fails. Then I go back one step and select "continue
    without networking" This allows me to complete the minimal install.
    After install and reboot I edit /etc/apt/sources.list to pull from my
    local repo then I configure networking.

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    Thank You!

    Titus Newswanger
    Curtiss WI

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  • From Roy J. Tellason, Sr.@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 17 21:20:01 2025
    On Wednesday 16 July 2025 05:45:28 pm Andy Smith wrote:
    The "easy route" through that set of dialogs has you say where you are located and then it offers a few different Debian mirrors that make
    sense for that location, however it does also let you type in your own.

    My internet service is by way of a dish out in the yard, and I have no idea where the base station is for the uplink to that particular satellites. How best to deal with that, I wonder?

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