apt-getting

Hello, everyone! I'm trying to setup some automated updating system for my SuSE8.2 servers. Client part of apt-get seems to work fine, but for the repository (I need it, because I've got several servers)... Stuck at the moment of creating a repository. Aptate eats the mirror of ftp.gwdg.de (base) and (update) (it is already on my hdd), but finally says, that it needs 40GB of free space! This server has only 29GB and will never have more (because it is a DNS server). aptate.conf is from 'ftp.gwdg.de' either (with fixed $paths)! Would you please, help to fix it? Or maybe another apt-clone? Then, which one? BIG thanks in advance!!