Bind is hosed on my box. I try to reinstall with apt-get, but it can't resolve any domain names. I get the something wicked is going on error message (it worked fine before bind got hosed). Is it possible to list the ftp and http sites in /etc/sources.list by IP address instead of by domain name? Is there a site or page that lists all the standard sources by IP address?

Failing that, does anybody know a way to download and install bind on a Debian system by remote if apt-get can't work? Or any other suggestions?

I do not believe that the Bind installation, as it is on the machine, is salvageable. It needs to be reinstalled.

If all else fails I can use the CDROM installation disk but this is a remote administration situation and that is not especially convenient, so I'm trying to solve this problem over the wire.

# host ftp.us.debian.org
ftp.us.debian.org has address 204.152.189.120
ftp.us.debian.org has address 208.185.25.35
ftp.us.debian.org has address 216.37.55.114
ftp.us.debian.org has address 35.9.37.225
ftp.us.debian.org has address 128.101.80.131

# host http.us.debian.org
http.us.debian.org has address 216.37.55.114
http.us.debian.org has address 35.9.37.225
http.us.debian.org has address 128.101.80.131
http.us.debian.org has address 204.152.189.120
http.us.debian.org has address 208.185.25.35

Thanks. I also got it elsewhere. What was your source for that information?

I tried to make it obvious by my post but i used a nifty util called "host"

*edit* bleh sorry about the double post