Re: apt-get cannot conect to server
On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 20:48:01 +0200, Andrei Popescu (andreimpopescu@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun,04.Jan.09, 22:23:08, Stephen Liu wrote:
>
> > After changing the URL to;
> > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> >
> > # apt-get update
> >
> > went through without problem.
> >
> > I think the cause of problem is on;
> > ftp.au.debian.org
>
> Good to hear that you found the problem, but using ftp.debian.org is
> *NOT* recommended. Better use apt-spy or any similar tool to pick a good
> mirror.
I think Stephen is in Singapore (at least that's where the ISP is) so
maybe the Hong Kong mirror site might be appropriate -
http://ftp.hk.debian.org/debian/
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