[arch-general] 'Local mirror' page was removed from wiki

[Matthew Gyurgyik]

  On 09/18/2010 05:44 PM, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 02:50:17PM -0500, C Anthony Risinger wrote:
>
>> which seems an appropriate question, given the circumstances of
>> removal; if the only reason was to discourage the creation of local
>> mirrors... well, to me at least, that seems a poor reason.
>>
>> i sympathize with some of the reasons for creating localized mirrors.
>> in particular, when the mirror is located on a removable device it is
>> especially useful... i did this to perform off-site installations, in
>> addition to installing packages i needed when a connection wasn't
>> available (ie. Nathan's train example)
> I'd agree. I have to maintain 7 and soon 11 machines which do not have
> have any internet access at all. In the past I've been able to get away
> with taking them home for installation/updates, but that will not be
> possible anymore.
>
> So what is the solution for this if you can't have a local mirror on
> a portable device ?
>
> Ciao,
>
There is nothing preventing you from creating a local mirror. If you 
can't figure out how to create a local mirror using the resource 
available, you probably shouldn't be using arch.