Or can I pull a mirror, even if the connection is horrible slow? I mean: help? I adapted this: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Debmirror to that: #!/bin/bash export GNUPGHOME=/home/mirrorkeyring arch=amd64 section=main,restricted,universe,multiverse release=precise,precise-security,precise-updates server=http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-b… inPath=/ubuntu proto=http outPath=/mnt/media/trinity debmirror -a $arch \ --no-source \ -s $section \ -h $server \ -d $release \ -r $inPath \ --progress \ -e $proto \ $outPath Output looks like this. # mirror-trinity.sh Mirroring to /mnt/media/trinity from http://http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-b… Arches: amd64 Dists: precise,precise-security,precise-updates Sections: main,restricted,universe,multiverse Pdiff mode: use Will clean up after mirroring. Attempting to get lock ... Updating remote trace files (using rsync) ... ssh: Could not resolve hostname http: Name or service not known rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver] rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(605) [Receiver=3.0.9] Warning: failed to use rsync to download extra files. Getting meta files ... [ 0%] Getting: dists/precise/Release... #** GET http://http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-b… ==> 500 Can't connect to http::80 failed 500 Can't connect to http::80 [ 0%] Getting: dists/precise-security/Release... #** GET http://http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-b… ==> 500 Can't connect to http::80 failed 500 Can't connect to http::80 [ 0%] Getting: dists/precise-updates/Release... #** GET http://http://ppa.quickbuild.pearsoncomputing.net/trinity/trinity-nightly-b… ==> 500 Can't connect to http::80 failed 500 Can't connect to http::80 Errors: Download of dists/precise/Release failed: 500 Can't connect to http::80 Download of dists/precise-security/Release failed: 500 Can't connect to http::80 Download of dists/precise-updates/Release failed: 500 Can't connect to http::80 Failed to download some Release or Release.gpg files! WARNING: releasing 1 pending lock... On Wednesday 23 May 2012 21:42:35 Dexter Filmore wrote: -- -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS d--(+)@ s-:+ a C++++ UL++ P+>++ L+++>++++ E-- W++ N o? K- w--(---) !O M+ V- PS+ PE Y++ PGP t++(---)@ 5 X+(++) R+(++) tv--(+)@ b++(+++) DI+++ D- G++ e* h>++ r* y? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------