Quoting John Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): [...] > I am installing the frozen distribution from ftp.mcc.ac.uk using > the apt method of dselect. I installed apt via the instructions > in the updatepackages/Readme file on the ftp site. > > I have 95% of the packages installed, however it seems that apt > wont install the files its fetched untill it has all of them. I > can understand this. However apt is having problems getting a > few of the files. See the error message below. > > Is there a problem with apt, the ftp site or my installation? > Any clues ??
This is what I sent to mcc.ac.uk back in August last year. I got no reply. --8<-------- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:26:13 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ftp.mcc.ac.uk oddities I've emailed this address because the file ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/.message says that if I have problems, I should email %E [sic]. I use the ftp.mcc.ac.uk server to download from the /pub/linux/distributions/Debian tree. Over recent weeks, I seem to have problems with parts of the tree suddenly disappearing. My client freezes up, and if I kill it and reconnect, chunks of the tree are missing, but they usually return after a few minutes if I keep re-listing the directory. Am I alone here? For example, just a few minutes ago, I could only see the READMEs and /hamm in /pub/linux/distributions/Debian, but everything is back now. --8<-------- Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
