Xen error on CentOS

Question

During the creating of a new virtual server in xen using this command

xen-create-image --hostname=minecraft.koanhosting.com --ip 87.98.249.146 --install -method=debootstrap

But I keep getting this error:

Writing inode tables:  0/32^H^H^H^H^H 1/32^H^H^H^H^H 2/32^H^H^H^H^H 3/32^H^H^H^H^H 4/32^H^H^H^H^H 5/32^H^H^H^H^H 6/32^H^H^H^H^H 7/32^H^H^H^H^H 8/32^H^H^H^H^H 9/32^H^H^H^H^H10/32^H^$
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 28 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first.  Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
Done
Installation method: debootstrap

Copying files from host to image.
Copying files from /var/cache/apt/archives -> /tmp/LYC7oAQoxq/var/cache/apt/archives
Done
Done
I: Retrieving Release
E: Failed getting release file http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/Release

Copying files from new installation to host.
Copying files from /tmp/LYC7oAQoxq/var/cache/apt/archives -> /var/cache/apt/archives
Done
Done
The installation of the new system has failed.

The system is missing the common file: /bin/ls
Done
System installation failed.  Aborting

Can't seem to find any resources on google at all for this error. I have a feeling it's to do with debootstrap, not sure though.

Answer 1

Apparently, the default settings for xen-create-image try to debootstrap Etch, a Debian release unsupported for almost two three years.

The Debian Wiki has an entry on Xen, with a section about creating a Debian guest image using xen-tools. It gives an example call to xen-create-image like this:

xen-create-image [..] --dist <lenny|squeeze|maverick|whatever>

thus you could try adding --dist squeeze (stable) or --dist wheezy (testing) to your command line.

If this doesn't already do the trick, have a closer look at /etc/xen-tools/xen-tools.conf and man xen-create-image.