Chris: Thanks for the suggestion, but no go. The directory binary-sparc doesn't exist on ftp.debian.org, either: Err ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' Fetched 1489kB in 12s (118kB/s)Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-sparc/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. '
Reading package lists... Done Index of ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Up to higher level directory <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/>Directory: binary-amd64 <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-amd64>
09/17/2007 09:27:00 PMDirectory: binary-i386 <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386>
09/17/2007 09:27:00 PMDirectory: debian-installer <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/debian-installer>
11/21/2006 12:00:00 AMDirectory: installer-amd64 <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-amd64>
03/23/2007 08:30:00 AMDirectory: installer-i386 <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-i386>
03/23/2007 08:23:00 PM Directory: source <ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/source> 09/17/2007 09:27:00 PM Cheers, Dave Chris Trainor wrote:
I've had similar issues. I just switched to ftp.debian.org for now. --Chris On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Dave Barnett wrote:For the last several days, I cannot run apt-get update on my Ultra 10 running unstable:Get:4 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages Err ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main PackagesUnable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' [IP: 35.9.37.225 21]Fetched 1B in 2s (0B/s)Failed to fetch ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-sparc/Packages.gz Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' [IP: 35.9.37.225 21]Reading package lists... DoneE: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.I manually go to: ftp://35.9.37.225/debian/dists/unstable/main and the directory binary-sparc does not exist. My sources.list shows: deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates mainI don't believe this is anything I can change myself -- or is it? -- so, what is my next step?Thanks in advance. Cheers, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-sparc-REQUEST@lists.debian.orgwith a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org