Thanks max! It's loading squeeze .debs now without complaint. One snag: The lenny install didn't come with 'ar'. Installing the 'binutils' package fixed that.by jfp550 - Debian
It looks like I'm not alone with my problems. I have a funny feeling the root problem is something wrong in the software that shipped on my Dockstar. I tried http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian before I posted. "Punk" doesn't work for me, either. It's looks like I've got a couple more things to try: find a mirror that "works" or install squeeze from lennby jfp550 - Debian
Lenny installs for me without issue on the same 1GB Kingston USB stick. I want to install squeeze. I'm following the dockstar.debian-squeeze.sh directions. Debootrap thinks every .deb it fetches is corrupt. What am I doing wrong? I: Checking component main on http://cdn.debian.net/debian... I: Retrieving libacl1 I: Validating libacl1 W: http://cdn.debian.net/debian/pool/main/a/acl/libaby jfp550 - Debian