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Hi,

 >These are up to 70
 > real, physical servers and not VMs? You might want to look at automated
 > ways to deploy and build that many servers.

All 70 will be physical. I think about making 1 single server then using 
hdclone or acronis to make copy of it to the rest. Then write a small 
bash script for the onsite tech to change IP. Better ideas ? :-)

Peter


On 20/09/2020 19:23, Andrew Cater wrote:
> Myself - I might use the 16G stick as install medium - see conversations
> elsewhere in this list on how to use jigod. That gives you the contents
> of more than DVD 1 to DVD 3 in one small format. These are up to 70
> real, physical servers and not VMs? You might want to look at automated
> ways to deploy and build that many servers.
>
> What you're asking is possible - but not necessarily a good move: Debian
> changes daily with fixes, security fixes and so on. Unless you are going
> to build them and then walk away completely - build a mirror which is
> dual-homed: you can connect it to the internet to pull in updates very
> regularly, then disconnect form the internet and use this machine to
> update all of the others.
>
> All the very best, as ever,
>
> Andy C
>
> On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 3:47 PM mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com
> <mailto:mick.crane@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 2020-09-20 16:31, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > mick crane wrote:
>      >> Somebody mentioned jigdo which looked like a good thing.
>      >
>      > Jigdo is used for making ISO images from a frame of ISO 9660
>     metadata
>      > and
>      > other non-packaged stuff (the .template file), and the .deb
>     packages on
>      > a
>      > mirror, or in a repository, or in an older ISO image.
>      > The .jigdo file contains the list of packages which shall be
>     inserted
>      > into
>      > the frame.
>      >
>      > So except that you get them wrapped in an ISO image, the packages
>     are
>      > just
>      > the same as on the mirror server (or other package source) from
>     which
>      > you
>      > could fetch them by appropriate means.
>      >
>      >
>      > Have a nice day :)
>      >
>      > Thomas
>
>     What's the best appropriate means then to fetch mirror and then only
>     fetch differences to local copy ? wget does that doesn't it ?
>     Not that I want to but wondered.
>
>     mick
>
>
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Offline systems Peter <peter@aboutsupport.com> - 2020-09-20 16:50 +0200
  Re: Offline systems Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-09-20 17:10 +0200
  Re: Offline systems Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2020-09-20 17:10 +0200
    Re: Offline systems Peter <peter@aboutsupport.com> - 2020-09-20 17:50 +0200
      Re: Offline systems deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 00:50 +0200
  Re: Offline systems mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 17:20 +0200
    Re: Offline systems "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-09-20 17:40 +0200
      Re: Offline systems mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 17:50 +0200
        Re: Offline systems "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2020-09-20 18:10 +0200
        Re: Offline systems Andrew Cater <amacater@gmail.com> - 2020-09-20 18:30 +0200
          Re: Offline systems Peter <peter@aboutsupport.com> - 2020-09-21 07:10 +0200
            Re: Offline systems David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2020-09-21 07:20 +0200
            Re: Offline systems Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 08:50 +0200
            Re: Offline systems deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2020-09-21 12:10 +0200

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