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Cannot install from canadian mirror

Asked by Paulo F

Whenever I try to upgrade my 7.10 version to new 8.04 version I get the following error for all relevant packages:
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/gutsy-updates/universe/i18n/Translation-en_CA.bz2 Could not connect to ca.archive.ubuntu.com:80 (129.97.134.71)

Cannot even ping the server. Is this mirror still active?
Do I need to use a different mirror? If so, how do I change the mirror preferences?

Thanks,

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Bhavani Shankar (bhavi) said : 		#1

Hello Paulo

please download via the torrents

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2008-April/000111.html http://releases.ubuntu.com/hardy/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent
Here is the MD5 sums mirror
http://goukihq.org/MD5

Here is an alternative link
http://hobbsee.com/tmp/ for the .torrent files (releases.ubuntu.com is slow)

and if you are downloading normally,use local servers in Apt/Synaptic sources.

Now alternative is since your local server is not working:

uncheck everything but official Canonical-supported packages in the "Manage Repositories" and "Software Sources" section..

and change the download server to "Main Server".

Regards

Bhavani Shankar.

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Nick Ellery (nick.ellery) said : 		#2

I've attempted doing the exact same update on the en_CA server, and it was successful. Are all of your software sources enabled? Are you able to download files from Synaptic?

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