Download Debian Etch to a directory called "etch-temp":. sudo debootstrap etch etch-temp http://debian.osuosl.org/debianSpecify your architecture instead of <tt>i386</ ''Or'' tt> if you can (but probably shouldn't need to) specify the architecture manually re using one of these commands instead: To specify something other than i386/x86 architecture:. For example, for AMD64/x86_64, use <tt>amd64</tt> or for ia64, use <tt>ia64</tt>.