Bill Barnes <bbarnes@operamail.com> writes: > 2% [2 potato/main 4344/821kB 0%] [1 unstable/main 27145/380kB 7%] > Err ftp://ftp.debian.org potato/main Packages > Data socket timed out apt could not get the new list from the server so you can't do anything with apt for this server. First get a *complete* list ("apt-get update" with no errors) and then everything else works fine. -- Until the next mail..., Stefan.