Re: difficulty downloading packages, is ftp.us.debian.org having a problem?
Andrei POPESCU writes:
> On Jo, 19 iul 12, 22:20:28, Britton Kerin wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I keep trying to download a big pile of packages and most of them keep failing.
>> Internet is working and I can ping things, but most of the packages always fail.
>>
>> I'm wondering if ftp.us.debian.org is really overloaded or something?
>
> As you might see on http://www.debian.org/mirror/list ftp.us.debian.org
> is actually several mirrors that are being rotated and you may have hit
> one that just has problems.
>
> You could either try again, try a specific one from the rotation or try
> some other mirror in the US (there are lots of them).
You can also try the http://http.debian.net/ redirector for not having
to select manually the best mirror. See the webpage for instructions.
--
Alberto
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