[xen-tools-discuss] Re: Some annoyances of a first-time Xen-tools user

[Bas Verhoeven]

Henning Sprang wrote:
> [..]
> 1) Doesn't look like an official mirror - are you sure this mirror
> actually works, and mirrors lenny, and the files are really correct
> and working?
>   
Actually, that's just one of the random servers I tried. I'm of course 
not 100% sure it's correct and working, but I also tried with 
ftp.nl.debian.org, .de.debian.org and even .us.debian.org, all of them 
giving the same warning.
> 2) on which host distribution/version are you? The debootstrap on etch
> does probably not work correctly with lenny - download the version
> from lenny, in that case - it will be compatible with building etch
> chroots.
>   
I'm currently on debian etch, but downloaded the lenny and sid 
debootstrap, which are showing the same behavior (although it seems to 
have changed from Packages.gz to Packages.bz2).

Of course there's also the possibility that my machine is broken, and 
that the files on the server are correct, but once they end up on the 
box, are broken, or something like that. It's currently running 
memtest86+ to check for memory errors as I've had some other problems 
with Xen that several people are blaming broken memory for.

Although this would still not explain why etch does work, or well, I 
haven't been able to reproduce it with etch.

Cheers,
Bas Verhoeven