debian:~# apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch Release.gpg [378B] Hit http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch Release Get:2 http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Packages [4295kB] Get:3 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] 99% [2 Packages bzip2 0] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing. Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. Err http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Packages Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release Get:4 http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Sources [1214kB] Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex 99% [4 Sources bzip2 520192] bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing. Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. Err http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Sources Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources Fetched 4B in 1s (3B/s) Failed to fetch http://ftp.hosteurope.de/pub/linux/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Failed to fetch http://ftp.hosteurope.de/pub/linux/debian/dists/etch/main/source/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hosteurope.de_pub_linux_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead. debian:~# apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch Release.gpg [378B] Hit http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch Release Get:2 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B] Get:3 http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Packages [4295kB] 99% [3 Packages bzip2 0] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers] bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing. Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. Err http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Packages Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Get:4 http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Sources [1214kB] Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release 99% [4 Sources bzip2 0] bzip2: Data integrity error when decompressing. Input file = (stdin), output file = (stdout) It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted. You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files. You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover data from undamaged sections of corrupted files. Err http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Sources Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources Fetched 4B in 1s (4B/s) Failed to fetch http://ftp.hosteurope.de/pub/linux/debian/dists/etch/main/binary-i386/Packages.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Failed to fetch http://ftp.hosteurope.de/pub/linux/debian/dists/etch/main/source/Sources.bz2 Sub-process bzip2 returned an error code (2) Reading package lists... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.hosteurope.de etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hosteurope.de_pub_linux_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.