Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 05/31/2019 07:30 AM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
> > With the first DVD of Debian 9.8.0 I did:
> >     dd if=/dev/cdrom of=dvd.iso bs=4M
> > I edited sources.list to read
> >     deb file:///home/richard/dvd.iso stretch main contrib trusted=yes
> >
> > When running Synaptic's
> >      Edit->Reload Package Information
> > I receive an error message:
> > > The repository 'file:/home/richard/dvd.iso stretch Release'
> > > does not have a Release file.
> >
> > What is the problem?
>
> The problem is that the .iso is not a mounted filesystem.
>
> You could:
>
> $ mkdir /home/richard/dvdmount
> $ sudo mount /home/richard/dvd.iso /home/richard/dvdmount
>
> If it complains about the filetype, try -t udf or -t iso9660.

It did not complain.

> and then you can use this sources.list line:
>
>      deb file:///home/richard/dvdmount stretch main contrib trusted=yes
>
> (or similar; I don't recall if the debian repository on disc
> starts in the root of the disc)

I now get a different error message:
> The repository 'file:/home/richard/dvdmount stretch Release' is not signed.

I also added "allow-insecure=yes" to sources.list with the same result.