Hi Todd, Thank you for the information. And I tried to run the debootstrap-1.0.8 command in fedora 9 and still the same result. So do the debootstrap command runs only on feodra 10 ? or can I install debootstrap-1.0.10 in fedora 9 machine? Please help me out !!!!!!!!!!!! Regards, Devi. On Mon, 2009-10-12 at 11:57 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote: > 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. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
