hi all Im new to this however I dont beleive the problem being experienced is due to my newbiehoodism
in my sources.list file I have the following entry + deb ftp://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free there are other entries for acouple of mirrors and yes they all work fine - however when apt-get tries to connect to secuirty.debian.org I get the following message Err ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/* Packages Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' and then at the end of the apt-get update ; apt-get install option I get Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages Unable to fetch file, server said 'Failed to open file. ' W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list ftp://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems Can anyone shed any light on this ... I dont beleive it to be a config problem on my side as I can connect to ftp://security.debian.org via lynx and all other sources in my sources.list dont ahve a problem connecting either. Im running kernel 2.2.20 on Deb 3.0 muchly appreciated --jarrod