I also had this problem In my case I tried to use ftp.sunsite.icm.edu.pl which is far far faster then the listed ftp.pl.debian.org though everything seemed to be the same on sunsite I couldn't get to work around this problem. Could somebody explain why it is so? I'd gladly appreciate :)
kni9ht On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Michael Jager wrote: > Hi all, > > Yesterday I posted a message regarding a problem I was having with dselect > and Perl 5.6. I last night decided to download the testing floppy disk set > (dated 14 Nov) and booted from it. > > I have got to installing the base system. I am trying to do a network > install. I enter the address of my local Debian mirror, but I get this error > message: > > Malformed release file > ftp://debian.paradise.net.nz:21/debian/dists/woody/Release > > I don't think it's a problem with the mirror because I get the exact same > message trying with http.us.debian.org: > > Malformed release file > http://http.us.debian.org:80/debian/dists/woody/Release > > And trying http.us.debian.org with ftp: > > Malformed release file > ftp://http.us.debian.org:21/debian/dists/woody/Release > > Has anyone else had this problem and been able to resolve it? I found one on > the archives, but I'm not sure whether it was resolved or not. > > Thanks in advance, > > Michael > > > >
