ubuntu server mirror errors bzip2 on fresh ubuntu-server-12.04

[Clint Byrum]

Excerpts from Stefan Fuhrmann's message of 2013-09-25 21:25:13 -0700:
> Hello all,
> Im having problems with a fresh installed ubuntu-server-12.04 and apt, getting sum mismatch, not a bzip2 file and sometimes error 404 on a fresh ubuntu-server-12.04:
> 
> Get: 64 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Sources [14 B]
> 93% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> bzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 65 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Sources [36.3 kB]
> Get: 66 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main amd64 Packages [5178 B]
> Get: 67 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages [72 B]
> 93% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 68 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe amd64 Packages [72 B]
> 93% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 69 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages [70 B]
> 93% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 70 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main i386 Packages [73 B]
> 93% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 71 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages [9098 B]
> 93% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 72 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages [152 kB]
> 94% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Get: 73 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages [1641 kB]
> Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main TranslationIndex
> 94% [Waiting for headers]                                                                                                    2037 kB/s 0sbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.
> Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse TranslationIndex
> Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted TranslationIndex
> Ign http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe TranslationIndex
> Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/universe amd64 Packages
>   404  Not Found
> Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
>   404  Not Found
> Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted amd64 Packages
>   404  Not Found
> Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted i386 Packages
>   406  Not Acceptable
> Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe i386 Packages
>   406  Not Acceptable
> Err http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse i386 Packages
>   406  Not Acceptable
> Get: 74 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en [1882 B]
> Get: 75 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/multiverse Translation-en [4269 B]
> Get: 76 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/restricted Translation-en [20 B]
> Get: 77 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/universe Translation-en [28.7 kB]
> Fetched 16.6 MB in 21s (787 kB/s)
> W: Failed to fetch bzip2:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/de.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_restricted_source_Sources  Hash Sum mismatch

Disable any local caching proxies. apt is (still?) not atomic when it
updates and caches often have slightly skewed files leading to "Hash
sum mismatch".