Re: Solved: Etch is not installable

[Heinrich Rebehn <rebehn@ant.uni-bremen.de>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
>
> > Heinrich Rebehn wrote:
> >
> > > Hi list,
> > >
> > > I tried installing etch today, but the installation of the base 
> > > system fails to install initrd-tools, lilo and grub, thus leaving the 
> > > system unbootable.
> > >
> > > The package installation fails with
> > >
> > > "The following packages cannot be authenticated"
> > >
> > > i also tried using different mirrors, but to no avail.
> > >
> > > What can i do?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help,
> > >
> > > Heinrich
> >
> > In the install system, hacked /bin/apt-install to invoke apt-get with 
> > --force-yes
>
> Heinrich,
>
> This:
>
> APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated "true";
>
> in /etc/apt/apt.conf
>
> wouldn't do the same thing?
>
> H
This may well be, i did not know about that. At installation time i 
would expact this to work "out of the box".

Thanks for the hint anyway, will use it for future installations :-)

--Heinrich