The Packages.gz you mention just contains a text list of the programs that are available in the main directory of the CD or whatever. If you're using a CD you should have a Packages file, not compressed. It has the same info as Packages.gz
Best, Ignasi At 13.52 6/9/00 +0300, Peter Antoniac ha escrit: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Dear debian-user@lists.debian.org, > >I have huge problems with installing the packages from potato. >It seems that /debian/dists/potato/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz is >corrupted gzip file: >invalid data crc error. >I tried in vary ways to fix it myself but it is impossible to avoid >the thing since it is the Package file ;(( >PLEASE help me pass the step so that I can install some of the >packages from the main distribution. >Thank you. -----------------------------------------------\ ____ From Barcelona... \ \____\_______ / / ___\_'_\ Still nationalizing the LAN! / \¬___/ ----------------------------------------------/ _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com