hi: I am trying to buid the d-i using etch mirror. my sources.list.udeb has the entry :
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main/debian-installer While i do make all_build the acpi package is not able to download and process. here is the sample of the error. -- Need to download: acpi-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di anna archdetect bogl-bterm-udeb busybox-udeb cdebconf-newt-udeb cdebconf-priority cdebconf-udeb cdrom-checker cdrom-core-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di cdrom-detect cdrom-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di cdrom-retriever console-keymaps-at console-keymaps-usb di-utils di-utils-reboot di-utils-shell di-utils-terminfo env-preseed fat-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di fb-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di file-preseed firewire-core-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di floppy-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di floppy-retriever hw-detect ide-core-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di ide-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di initrd-preseed input-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di installation-locale iso-3166-udeb kbd-chooser kernel-image-2.6.16-1-486-di libdebconfclient0-udeb libdebian-installer4-udeb libfribidi0-udeb libnss-dns-udeb libsysfs1-udeb load-cdrom localechooser lowmemcheck main-menu module-init-tools-udeb mountfloppy nano-udeb pciutils-udeb pcmcia-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di pcmcia-storage-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di pcmciautils-udeb preseed-common rescue-check rootskel sata-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di save-logs scsi-common-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di scsi-core-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di scsi-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di udev-udeb udpkg usb-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di usb-storage-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package acpi-modules-2.6.16-1-486-di make[7]: *** [stamps/get_udebs-cdrom_isolinux-2.6-stamp] Error 100 make[6]: *** [_build] Error 2 make[5]: *** [build_cdrom_isolinux-2.6] Error 2 make[4]: *** [_build] Error 2 make[3]: *** [flavour_build] Error 2 make[2]: *** [medium_build] Error 2 make[1]: *** [subarch_build] Error 2 make: *** [all_build] Error 2 sarge:/d-i/debian-installer/installer/build# c ------------------------------------------------------------------- It seems not only the etch dist has that problem , even with the sarge i got same problem. I tried to build with sid as well and some packing problem ike ucx problem is there ..but don't remeber it exaclty. So is there any way to tackle this problem?. i think the repoistory is linked with acpi 2.6.16 and actually iit doesnot have the acpi2.6.16 and still has acpi 2.6.15. Help Paras.