It's a long story, but I need to install a fresh-out-of-the-box Debian
amd64 Lenny system.
I found ftp.us.debian.org/debian-archive/debian/ which has installer
images for old Debian releases, including Lenny. The README file says I
need to use
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib
for the sources.list entry.
This works OK when I boot a l"live" cd, though it complains about the
repo keys being expired and requires me to type "Yes" if I want to
ignore that and install packages anyway.
So my first question is: Is there something I can do in apt preferences
somewhere that will make it accept the expired keys by default?
After some experimentation with my "live" system, I decided that I
really needed a fully installed system that didn't loose all my
configuration stuff on reboots.
So I downloaded a "netinst" CD and tried to install using it. Of
course, I had to give it the archive repo URL manually (netinst isn't
really happy without a network repo). It accepted that but then it
appeared to hang. Looking at the <ALT>-F4 screen revealed that it was
asking the same question about whether I wanted to accept the expired
repo keys, but this time there was no way to give it the required "Yes"
answer. Or at least no way that I could see.
So my second question is: Does anybody know how to give it the necessary
answer? Or, failing that somehing I can do in the <ALT>-F2 screen that
will prevent it from asking?
Thanks! in advance,
Rick