Debian Update Error, Please Help
 

Well i run the command 'apt-get update' in putty as root to update Debian, But it cannot connect or something. Here is the error.


alpha:~# apt-get update
Err http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg
Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
Err http://ftp.de.debian.org etch Release.gpg
Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.de.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ftp.de.debian.org'
Failed to fetch http://security.debian.org/dists/etc...es/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'security.debian.org'
Reading package lists... Done
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.de.debian.org etch/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_non-free_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_contrib_binary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_etch_updates_non-free_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.

Could someone Assist me in this matter. This is urgent. Thanks

Can you please post the contents of your /etc/apt/sources.list file. I have a feeling you're missing the "deb" that must begin each repo. So your for example should have,
also you are using "etch" which is not the current stable version of debian. I suggest you change "etch" to "lenny" (or better to "stable") in the above mentioned file.
cheers,
jdk

what jdkaye said, except that switching to lenny unprepared is not recommended.