Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Re: PowerPC Hardware

[Lars Nooden]

Karl Goetz wrote:

> Short version:
> - install debian
> - make yourself a debian mirror (might be optional, but 'its just
> easier') using debmirror

Karl, Jason and Sam,

Thanks.  I'm starting on the deb mirror first.

        debmirror \
          --method=rsync \
          --host=ftp.no.debian.org \
          --nosource \
          --progress \
          --dist=lenny \
          --arch=powerpc \
          --dry-run \
          /var/mirror/debian/ppc/

Not all the debian mirrors appear to support rsync.  The Finnish,
Danish, and Swedish mirrors give the error below.[1]  The Austria,
German, and Norwegian ones do appear to support rsync but complain about
ssh.

Specifically, the repository seems to want either and SSH key or a
password for the anonymous connection.  The debmirror instructions in
the man page don't mention a key.

/Lars


[1]     It doesn't seem to like something about rsync there:

        Mirroring to /var/mirror/debian/ppc/
        from rsync://address@hidden//debian/
        Arches: powerpc
        Dists: lenny
        Sections: main,contrib,non-free,main/debian-installer
        Will clean up AFTER mirroring.
        Download at most 200 files per rsync call.
        Pdiff mode: use.
        Dry run.
        Attempting to get lock, this might take 2 minutes before
        it fails.
        Get Release files.
        remote_get rsync dists/lenny/Release
        ssh: connect to host ftp.se.debian.org port 22: Network
        is unreachable
        rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received
        so far) [receiver]
        rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at
        io.c(635) [receiver=3.0.3]
        dists/lenny/Release failed md5sum check
        remote_get rsync dists/lenny/Release.gpg
        ssh: connect to host ftp.se.debian.org port 22: Network
        is unreachable
        rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received
        so far) [receiver]
        rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at
        io.c(635) [receiver=3.0.3]
        dists/lenny/Release.gpg failed md5sum check
        Release signature does not verify, file missing.
        Errors:
         Download of dists/lenny/Release failed
         Download of dists/lenny/Release.gpg failed
         Release signature does not verify.
        Failed to download some Release or Release.gpg files!
        WARNING: releasing 1 pending lock...



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