I was getting 404 Not found errors using my new openvz with debian lenny
elephant:~# apt-get update Hit http://ftp.debian.org lenny Release.gpg Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile Release.gpg Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates Release.gpg Hit http://ftp.debian.org lenny Release Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile Release Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates Release Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/main Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages/DiffIndex Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org lenny/main Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org lenny/contrib Packages Hit http://ftp.debian.org lenny/non-free Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages Ign http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages Err http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] Err http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/contrib Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] Err http://ftp.debian.org lenny/volatile/non-free Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] Err http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] Err http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/contrib Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] Err http://ftp.debian.org lenny/updates/non-free Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/lenny/volatile/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/lenny/volatile/contrib/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/lenny/volatile/non-free/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian-security/dists/lenny/updates/main/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian-security/dists/lenny/updates/contrib/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] W: Failed to fetch http://ftp.debian.org/debian-security/dists/lenny/updates/non-free/binary-i386/Packages 404 Not Found [IP: 2001:610:1908:a000::149:226 80] E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
it proved to be wrong entries in /etc/apt/sources.list
just replace them with these
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free
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