I had trouble with that server as well. So I use the US repositories. http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main But then again, I am in the US, so it makes more sense for me.
Try a different mirror. http://www.debian.org/mirror/list Put them in your /etc/apt/sources.list Sean lizhong zhu wrote: > hello: > recnetly, i tried to run apt-get update or install packages, > it reported some connections failed. > ============================================ > Get:4 http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch Release [58.2kB] > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release > Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages > Get:5 http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch/main Packages [5624kB] > Err http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch/main Packages > Error reading from server. Remote end closed connection > Fetched 57.5kB in 1m34s (608B/s) > Failed to fetch > http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > Error reading from server. Remote end closed connection > Reading package lists... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.hk.debian.org > etch/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hk.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > voyage:/usr/src# apt-get update > Get:1 http://www.voyage.hk ./ Release.gpg [189B] > Hit http://www.voyage.hk ./ Release > Get:2 http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch Release.gpg [386B] > Ign http://www.voyage.hk ./ Packages/DiffIndex > Hit http://www.voyage.hk ./ Packages > Get:3 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release > Hit http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch Release > Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex > Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages > Get:4 http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch/main Packages [5624kB] > Err http://ftp.hk.debian.org etch/main Packages > Error reading from server. Remote end closed connection > Fetched 3B in 4m54s (0B/s) > Failed to fetch > http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz > Error reading from server. Remote end closed connection > Reading package lists... Done > W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.hk.debian.org > etch/main Packages > (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hk.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) > - stat (2 No such file or directory) > W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > =================================== > how can i fix that? > thanks! > James.zhu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 雅虎邮箱，您的终生邮箱！ <http://cn.mail.yahoo.com/> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Voyage-linux mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
