Re: http://http.us.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ gone?

[Greg Madden <gomadtroll@gci.net>]

On Friday 16 September 2005 01:22 am, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (15/09/05 15:56), lordSauron wrote:
> > Somewhat related, but not really, (I'm shy about starting new
> > threads), I was wondering what mirrors there are for amd64-k8 or
> > otherwise amd64 compatible packages.  Right now I'm using the
> > following mirrors:
> >
> > deb http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/ stable main
> > deb-src http://linux.csua.berkeley.edu/debian/ stable main
> >
> > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
>
> deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main contrib
> non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main
> contrib non-free
>
> #deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main contrib
> non-free
> #deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian-amd64/debian/ sid main
> contrib non-free
>
> omit .de (.nl) The above is for sid/unstable substitute etch/testing
> or sarge/stable
>
> > and if you could tell me where to go to get specifically amd64
> > packages I'd be much appreciative!
> >
> > Also, if you know how I could specify to select from a variety of
> > packages (like look at both stable and testing, for instance) I'd
> > love to know that as well.  I very new to Linux, so please just
> > bear with me.
>
> If you're new to Debian, I would stick with one release FTTB; once
> you're comfortable with it, look at apt-pinning.
>
> Regards
>
> Clive

This thread has me confused. AFAIKT, the only place to get debian-amd64 
packages is from: http://amd64.debian.net/ or a mirror : 
http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.txt.

-- 
Greg Madden