On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 10:05:13PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > 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
Download DVD1. Install a minimum system from it (if it has enough for you, build the whole system). In fact, the netinst will work and produce a _really_ minimal base system if you don't add a network mirror. Use apt-key add to add the expired keys if you must. Install whatever you need. At this point, I'd suggest doing this _only_ in a virtual machine to start with before doing this for real on the machine you intentd to use long-term. Unless this is an absolutely "must do this on Lenny, nothing later will ever work and there's bespoke software that we must use and it must be on a real physical machine" it is probably worth moving this to a VM at some point / moving to a later version - given that Wheezy LTS expires in 2018 (that's current oldstable) and we'll be releasing Debian 9 early next year at which point you'd be three major versions behind. HTH, All the best, AndyC