On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 09:40:10AM -0600, Joseph A Nagy Jr wrote: > I'm having problems with updating the package list from > mirrors.kernel.org (apt-get says connection times out). Is this a known > problem or am I just one of the (un)lucky few who this happens to? > > Here's a partial output from apt-get (the other sites I was able to > update the lists just fine) > > Err ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/non-free Packages > Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), > connection timed out > Err ftp://mirrors.kernel.org stable/non-free Release > Could not connect to mirrors.kernel.org:21 (204.152.189.120), > connection timed out
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