How do I mirror something on ibiblio?
We prefer that you mirror us using rsync. You might issue something like: $ rsync -av ibiblio.org::Linux/ /pub/mirror/linux You can view all available rsync modules by issuing: $ rsync ibiblio.org:: Note that as our archive has grown, we have had to split some categories of content out among servers in our cluster. If you can’t find something via ibiblio.org proper, be sure to try: $ rsync distro.ibiblio.org:: and $ rsync mirrors:ibiblio.org:: to see if the module is available on one of those machines. See the rsync man page for more information in its usage. Note that we disable the ‘z’ (compression) option on the server side. Most of the data you would be mirroring is probably already compressed in some manner, so the compression option would do nothing but drive up our CPU usage unnecessarily. You can also grab a copy of mirroring software like mirror.pl and point it to ibiblio. Here’s an example config: package=ibiblio_linux site=ftp.ibiblio.
