Ok, I was wrong about the boot msg. I had said the error was concerning lilo and the fact the kernel was uncompressing and the box hung, but turns out I was confused. Yes, that was with Slackware 8. The Debian boot error is lilo saying, invalid compressed format system haulted. I imagine I can fix this by cooking a new kernel on another box and move it over. The odd part is the kernel I am attempting to use is the one from the boot floppy. Really weird part is I can boot from that floopy so go figure. THe other problem is I keep getting a message that init init id 1 is responding to fast, disabling for five minutes. What's that all about and oh, I only have 3 out of 6 consoles. I think I'll try to reinstall, but if that isn't necessary, I'd rather not. Help much appreciated. Oh, lastly I can't seem to install any packages do dist upgrades etc. I'll include the error below on that. Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Packages Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/contrib Release Get:1 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Packages Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/non-free Release Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. ' Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Sources Get:2 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Release Get:3 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Release Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Release Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Sources Get:4 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release Get:5 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/contrib Release Hit ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Sources Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. ' Get:6 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release Ign ftp://ftp.us.debian.org woody/non-free Release Get:7 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Release Get:8 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages Err ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. ' Get:9 ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release Ign ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Release Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Packages Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/main Release Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Packages Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/contrib Release Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Packages Hit ftp://non-us.debian.org testing/non-US/non-free Release Get:10 ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Sources Err ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Sources Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources.gz: No such file or directory. ' Get:11 ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release Ign ftp://non-us.debian.org stable/non-US Release Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. ' Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. ' Failed to fetch ftp://security.debian.org/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages Unable to fetch file, server said '/dists/testing/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz: No such file or directory. ' Failed to fetch ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources Unable to fetch file, server said '/debian-non-US/dists/stable/non-US/source/Sources.gz: No such file or directory. ' Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: Couldn't stat source package list 'ftp://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Packages' (/var/state/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_testing_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 missing files E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. I tried setting this to http as well same results. tnx
