The modem and the connection seem to be working otherwise. For example, I sent the e-mail after the attempt, but in the same dial up session. I can ping http.us.debian.org OK.
Wow! Thanks for the fast response. On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 09:06:24PM +0200, Vitux wrote: > Ross Boylan wrote: > > > > I just did an apt-get update, which shows a lot of new packages. > > But apt-get -q upgrade just gives me a ton of messages like > > > > Failed to fetch > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/task-c-dev_0.4.1.deb > > 404 Not Found > > Failed to fetch > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/task-debug_0.4.1.deb > > 404 Not Found > > Failed to fetch > > http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/devel/task-devel-common_0. > > 4.1.deb > > 404 Not Found > > > > Can anyone tell me what's going on? Have I caught the archive in the > > middle of an update? Is it overloaded? .... > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but this is the kind of > error I get when my modem has lost the connection for some > reason... > Regards > Vitux > > -- > "I'm not a crook" > Richard Nixon > > Debian GNU/Linux > Micro$loth-free Zone

