Hi Thomas, Thanks for your reply.
I tried to put this in sources.list: deb file:/media/deploy/UUI buster main --Where /media/deploy/UUI is the mount for the USB stick Running apt-get update, I get this: root@deploy-pc:~# apt-get update Get:1 file:/media/deploy/UUI buster InRelease Ign:2 cdrom://[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 10.2.0 gnome 2019-11-16T10:36] buster InRelease Ign:1 file:/media/deploy/UUI buster InRelease Err:3 cdrom://[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 10.2.0 gnome 2019-11-16T10:36] buster Release Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs Get:4 file:/media/deploy/UUI buster Release [1,130 B] Get:4 file:/media/deploy/UUI buster Release [1,130 B] Get:5 file:/media/deploy/UUI buster Release.gpg Ign:5 file:/media/deploy/UUI buster Release.gpg Reading package lists... Done N: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file '/media/deploy/UUI/dists/buster/InRelease' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) E: The repository 'cdrom://[Official Debian GNU/Linux Live 10.2.0 gnome 2019-11-16T10:36] buster Release' does not have a Release file. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. E: The repository 'file:/media/deploy/UUI buster Release' is not signed. N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. Thanks, Tamar בתאריך יום ב׳, 3 בפבר׳ 2020 ב-10:18 מאת Thomas Schmitt < [email protected]>: > Hi, > > Rick Thomas wrote: > > Anybody know what's the procedure for adding a local disk as a repo? > > I had hoped for other, more experienced self-admins to care for Tamar's > questions. My theories about "deb file:..." in sources.list are below. > > > Tamar Nirenberg's apt-get wrote: > > openssh-server openssh-sftp-server > > [...] > > Could not resolve 'deb.debian.org [deb.debian.org]' > > [...] > > E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with > > --fix-missing? > > If the ISO would be on DVD, i'd try what > man sources.list > says about "URI SPECIFICATION" with type "cdrom". > > Since the ISO is on a USB stick, then i'd try type "file". I understand > that the path after "file:" should point to the directory with > subdirectories ./dist and ./pool . That would be the root directory o > the mounted ISO on the stick. > The squashfs seems to contain no pool. > > Assumed that the Live ISO is mounted at /mnt/liveiso i'd try: > > deb file:/mnt/liveiso buster main > > > Have a nice day :) > > Thomas > >

