Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-05-27 17:23:17) > On 05/26/2019 10:05 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 05/26/2019 09:52 AM, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > >> Quoting Richard Owlett (2019-05-26 16:34:17) > >>> I was investigating using multistrap, but it has been orphaned. > >>> mmdebstrap apparently has the desired features of multistrap but > >>> is available only in Buster. > >>> > >>> I do not have the available bandwidth to install Buster. In > >>> Stretch perl is 5.24.1-3+deb9u5 but is 5.28.1-6 in Buster. > >>> > >>> Is it feasible to run under Stretch? How? > >> > >> mmdebstrap has no tight dependencies so you should be able to > >> simply install the Buster package in Stretch and try use it. > > > > My command was: > mmdebstrap --variant=required stretch test1.tar > file:///media/richard/dvds/dvd1.iso > > The error received was: > > sh: 1: fakechroot: not found > > sh: 1: proot: not found > > E: unable to pick chroot mode automatically > > That was resolved by installing "fakechroot". I had read the man page > as implying the use of a tar file did not require it. > > That left me with the problem of telling the instance of apt being run > internally by mmdebstrap that dvd1.iso is trusted. I unsuccessfully > tried using the distribution DVD itself. > > What is the proper syntax to use dvd1.iso {preferred} or DVD in drive > {last resort} as my repository? mmdebstrap (and multistrap which you originally mentioned) are unrelated to dealing with ISO files. What do you expect to achieve by "investigating using multistrap" and mmdebstrap? - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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