debootstrap

[Todd Zullinger]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 16:44 +0530, devi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using debootstrap-1.0.7 on fedora 7 to install the debian or
>> any other distribution mirror.  But in vain, I always get the below
>> error.
>>
>> The specific command is
>> debootstrap  --arch i386 hardy /tmp/hardy
>> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
>>
>> O/P  is
>> "I: Retrieving Release
>>  E: Failed getting release file
>> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/Release"
>>
>> Please help me out!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> You want a Ubuntu list. This is a Fedora list.

Well, debootstrap is included in Fedora and is quite handy for
creating virtual machine images of Debian-based distros.

I suspect if this was asked on an Ubuntu list they may well direct you
back to a Fedora list since we're the ones providing the debootstrap
package. :)

Devi, I think the problem is that debootstrap-1.0.7 is too old.  And
Fedora 7 is long past its supported lifetime.  You should update to a
supported release and try again.  The debootstrap command above works
fine for me on Fedora 10 using debootstrap-1.0.10.

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