Mirror Information

The best way to install the Realm Kit is via NFS, or secondarily via FTP. We offer HTTP installs for on campus hosts as well. The following information lets you know of some of the servers you can use for this.

Realm Linux WS3 Mirrors

HTTP Install Servers (On Campus Only

• http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit-WS3/i386

Realm Linux AS3 Mirrors

HTTP Install Servers (On Campus Only

• http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit-AS3/i386

Realm Linux 9 Mirrors

NFS Install Servers

• nfs://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/export/realmkit-9/
• nfs://mirror.linux.ncsu.edu/export/realmkit-9/ (On Campus Only)
• fs://ks.physics.ncsu.edu/export/realmkit-9/

FTP Install Servers

• ftp://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit-9/i386
• ftp://mirror.linux..ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit-9/i386 (On Campus Only)
• ftp://ks.physics.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit-9/i386

HTTP Install Servers (On Campus Only)

• http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/realmkit-9/i386

Creating Your Own Mirror

If you wish to create your own mirror, the easiest way to do so is to use the following command with the rsync program

rsync master.linux.ncsu.edu::

to see a list of available versions of Realm Linux on the master repository. You can then use rsync to download, for example, Realm Linux 9 by issuing

rsync -arv --delete master.linux.ncsu.edu::realmkit-9/ /path/to/destdir/

This will create a copy of the Realm Kit tree in /path/to/destdir which you can then NFS mount, FTP, HTTP, or however you wish to install your clients. Please make sure that this directory is initially empty! If you are maintaining a mirror and would like it listed here, let me know and I'll add you to the list. Also, I recommend updating your mirror either as updates happen or every night between 3 am and 4 am. You can use the same command in a cron job to do this.