I still can't get "apt-get update" do do anything useful. Anyone have a clue?
Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits # your mirror contains. # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free # See sources.list(5) for more information, especial # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs deb http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free And the errors: Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages 0% [Packages `Connecting to ftp1.us.debian.org' 0]http: Bad header line Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org stable/main Packages 0% [Packages `Connecting to ftp1.us.debian.org (206.187.92.15)' 0] [Cmp:Packag gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file 0% [Packages `Waiting for file' 0]http: Bad header line Get http://ftp1.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages 0% [Packages `Connecting to ftp1.us.debian.org (206.187.92.15)' 0] [Cmp:Packag gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file http: Bad header line gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file ERROR http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz Bad return code from subprocess ERROR http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz Bad return code from subprocess ERROR http://ftp1.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz Bad return code from subprocess Thanks, MG -- Matt Garman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They're always havin' a good time down on the bayou, Lord, them delta women think the world of me." -- Dickey Betts, "Ramblin' Man"