Bill Marcum wrote:
On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:53:23AM -0500, Paul wrote:I'm trying to keep my debian updated over dialup by fetching packages overnight. Unfortunately, I keep experiencing failures with messages such as:Connection timed out [IP: 128.101.80.133 80] Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.au.debian.org'
I just stumbled across the mirror status page http://www.de.debian.org/dmc/today/ which shows that ftp.au was updated around 6pm (US time), but makes note of an rsync problem.
Cannot initiate the connection to ftp.us.debian.org:80 (35.9.37.225). - connect (101 Network is unreachable)With results like this: Fetched 28.3kB in 3h37m47s (2B/s) Obviously, I'm not making much progress.I've tried picking 2 mirrors on opposite sides of the planet (ftp.us and ftp.au) thinking one would be available if the other were syncing, but this isn't working either.Anyone know of mirrors that stay open overnight (US time)?Try the apt-spy package. It tests many mirror sites and chooses the fastest one.
Thanks, I'll give it a try. paul