updated debootstrap to version 1.0.48 -original was getting 404 error 

    wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.48_all.deb
    dpkg -i debootstrap_1.0.48_all.deb
  else
    wget http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap_1.0.48.tar.gz
    tar zxvf debootstrap_1.0.48.tar.gz
    cd debootstrap-1.0.48/