Andy,
On 19 Aug 2009, at 14:21, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:39:45PM +0100, Jocke Selin wrote:
>> So, a shutdown -h in terminal and then a power-up in Zen console.
>> Check!
>
> Yep. You may want to log in to the xen shell console first so that
> a) you know you can get in before you shut anything down, and b) you
> can watch it shut down.
Good point! :)
>>>> Get:13 http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com hardy-updates/universe
>>>> linux-
>>>> image-2.6.24-24-xen 2.6.24-24.59 [18.8MB]
>>>> 45% [13 linux-image-2.6.24-24-xen 8967518/18.8MB 47%]
>>>> ----
>>>>
>>>> Both of them are stuck around 45% download...
>>>
>>> The apt-cacher will proxy a connection to the real Ubuntu mirrors if
>>> it doesn't have the file locally, so it could be that the mirrors
>>> are overloaded.
>>
>> Righto - I didn't realise that it fetches the files "real time" for
>> the
>> first time. Quite natural now when mentioned.
>>
>>> Is it still happening?
>>
>> As of a few seconds ago, yes. Still happening.
>
> Okay. Can you try first an "apt-get update" and try it again?
>
> I think it *is* some problem with apt-cache because it seems to have
> first downloaded that package at 0741Z today. I've nuked its cache
> now; it should proxy it again when someone asks for it.
Yes, worked perfectly on both VPS' now. Thanks for your help! :)
I will reboot them as soon as I can find a suitable moment.
>>> mirror hostname)?
>>
>> Such as to http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ instead of
>> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com ?
>> I can yes. I am, however, a bit reluctant to mess with live
>> servers. If
>> it's what it takes to get things going, then naturally I'm up for it.
>
> In general the apt-cache URLs look like:
>
> http://apt-cacher.lon.bitfolk.com/ubuntu/gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
>
> The part after the first "ubuntu/" is the source mirror and path
> that apt-cache will use if it doesn't have the file. Allowed hosts
> for the Ubuntu apt-cacher are:
>
> archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/
> ubuntu-archive.datahop.it/ubuntu/
>
> so you control which of the above mirrors you use.
Very interesting. I've heard of APT caches before, but I've never used
them. Let alone set one up. Thanks for the info. :)
> But in this case I don't think it will help as the update will be
> coming from security.ubuntu.com and also because I think it is a
> problem with the apt-cacher.
Seems to have been!
Thanks!!
Cheers,
/Jocke
