debmirror timeout

2003-01-23 Thread Shree Raman
Hi !! while maintaing debian mirror using debmirror. I am experiencing few problems as the process stops in between with some error message. Processing standard using ftp.iitm.ac.in releasing 1 pending lock... at /usr/lib/perl5/LockFile/Simple.pm line 182. or sometimes dists/stable/main/binary-

Help needed :: debmirror

2003-01-22 Thread Shree Raman
Hi!! I am trying to maintain a debian mirror at my place. But the problem is that the network pipe is not that big right now. I have tried it using "debmirror" but I am finding it tough now. The updation process stops in between with the some error message. dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages

Help needed : kernel panic unable to mount root fs

2002-05-29 Thread Shree Raman
hi all!! I am experiencing a tough time as my system had a kernel panic. it happened while I was installing openoffice. The system hunged and there was no way left other than rebooting & then a kernel panic prompt. I had installed debian testing from floppies & i am not having a boot disk.