If bootstrap installation like that doesn't work, before you resort to reinstallation, you might want to try checking apt-get's data and conf files. It might be the files on one particular server that is causing you grief. (why is it using a file from mirror.aarnet.edu.au rather than a NZ mirror?)
2008/6/18 Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How about re-installing apt by downloading the package and installing > it with dpkg? >
