Hm, I tried my friend's sources.list but I got lots of error:

# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing-proposed-updates main non-free
contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing-proposed-updates main
non-free contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ proposed-updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ proposed-updates main non-free
contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

# Xine CSS plugins
deb http://www.interq.or.jp/libra/oohara/debian-unofficial/ ./
# VideoLAN DVD stuff
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sarge main
deb http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/debian sid main


On 8/28/2007 2:06 AM PT, Ant typed:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to reinstall Debian due to my dumb user error (fsck on a
> mounted HDD and corrupting hda1/boot partition --
> http://groups.google.com/group/alt.o...d01e8cf2b9976f
> or http://tinyurl.com/2wvfo6 for details). Since I was unable to recover
> my boot partition (badly lost), I decided to reinstall Debian and
> remount all the uncorrupted partitions. I am having problems installing
> and setting up my GUI stuff:
>
> # more /etc/apt/sources.list
> #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r1 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST
> Binary-1 20070820-20:21]/ etch cont
> rib main
>
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main
>
> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> box:/home/ant/download# apt-get install xorg
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> xorg: Depends: sparc-utils but it is not installable or
> not+sparc
> E: Broken packages
> box:/home/ant/download# apt-get install sparc-utils
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Package sparc-utils is not available, but is referred to by another
> package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
> is only available from another source
> E: Package sparc-utils has no installation candidate
> box:/home/ant/download# apt-get install kde
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> kde: Depends: kde-core (>= 5:47) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: kde-amusements (>= 5:47) but it is not going to be
> installed
> Depends: kdeaddons (>= 4:3.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: kdepim (>= 4:3.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> box:/home/ant/download# apt-get install gnome
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
>
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> gnome: Depends: gnome-desktop-environment (= 1:2.14.3.6) but it is not
> going to be installed
> Depends: gnome-office (= 1:2.14.3.6) but it is not going to be
> installed
> Depends: gnome-cups-manager (>= 0.30) but it is not going to be
> installed
> Depends: gnome-themes-extras but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: rhythmbox (>= 0.9.2) but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: synaptic (>= 0.53.4) but it is not going to be
> installed or
> gnome-apt but it is not going to be installed
> Depends: totem-mozilla but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
>
> What am I doing wrong? Thank you in advance.
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