Hi Jo On 23/06/06, Jo Shields ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Rory Campbell-Lange wrote:
> >- a RAID card problem, possibly heat related > >- an out-of-control daemon > > apcupsd? samba? netatalk? > >- a kernel problem > > wrong kernel architecture, buggy kernel implementation by 3Ware > >- cracker or newbie sysadmin killing /boot and /var > What file system are you using for /boot and /var themselves? We used ext3 for all of the file systems. ... > >I encountered a major snag. All the amd64 repositories were offline or > >only had partial contents. In the end I wasn't able to rebuild the > >server this way (or install a new kernel) due to missing testing > >repositories. > Testing isn't missing. Debian has AMD64 testing, on any standard Debian > mirror. What's missing is the obsolete unofficial Debian-AMD64 Project's > clone of Testing. Use a real Debian mirror if Testing is what you want. > See http://wiki.debian.org/DebianAMD64MirrorMove Oh right! http://amd64.debian.net/README.mirrors.html appears to be out of date in that case. I stupidly didn't try the straightforward deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main syntax. Many thanks for your reply. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <www.campbell-lange.net> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]