Bug#811464: vmdebootstrap: fails to download packages

I encounter the same error again and figured out what the problem was! In my original problem report I specified "--size=1". Well that value is in _bytes_ so that is only 100M. So the image was filling up due to the kernel(large) and zlib(last alphabetically). I filed a separate bug

Bug#811464: vmdebootstrap: fails to download packages

Package: vmdebootstrap Version: 1.2-1~bpo8+1 When attempting to run the jessie backport, vmdebootstrap fails to download some packages: # vmdebootstrap --image=./foo.img --size=1 \ --mirror=http://mirror.lan:/debian --hostname foo \ --log /tmp/vmdeb.log --verbose [output trimmed]

Bug#811464: [Vmdebootstrap-devel] Bug#811464: vmdebootstrap: fails to download packages

tag 811464 + moreinfo tag 811464 + unreproducible notfound 811464 1.2-1~bpo8+1 thanks On Tue, 19 Jan 2016 00:50:31 -0800 Matt Taggart wrote: > vmdebootstrap --image=./foo.img --size=1 \ > --mirror=http://mirror.lan:/debian --hostname foo \ > --log