Hi, Yet Another Newbie Seeking Help.
I have a Debian mirror upstream from my ISP from which reasonable download speeds can be achieved and the following directory structure: ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/Linux/distributions/debian/main/binary-i386/. Notice the missing dists/stable between debian and main? I've downloaded and installed the base system and everything worked as advertised. With a statement in the debian-tutorial and trial and error I managed to convince apt to update the package list with the following entry in etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.saix.net/pub/Linux/distributions/debian main/binary-i386/. However, when I select install in dselect, apt parses? dists/stable between debian and main with predicted results. Is it possible to overide apt's default settings or should I try and get the mirror fixed. I've read the F(ine) manual, scanned the archives, searched DejaNews with no results. Any help would be appreciated. Christo Barnard.
