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[Steve Cook]

On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 16:52 -0600, Scott Berry wrote:
> Hello guys and gals,
> 
> I goofed up on my Dad's comp while doing some system admin tasks and I
> erased the/etc/apt/sources.list and when I try to run apt-get update I get a
> message saying that the doc type isn't right.  How do I go about taking the
> sources.list off the cd and copying it back on to the hard drive?  Ug!  I
> hate when I make mistakes like that.  Here is the error message I get when I
> type apt-get update.
> root at Matoe:~# apt-get update
> 
> E: Type '<!DOCTYPE' is not known on line 1 in source list
> /etc/apt/sources.list  
> 
> 
> Scott Berry

Not sure if this will work, but try,

System -> Administration -> Software Sources

it might re-write the file.

steve