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Mike Fitzgerald

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Feb 18, 2014, 3:40:01 PM2/18/14
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Hi

I've got a Cobalt Raq4 and am trying install etch (that's the most recent version it will take) but when issuing:

root@debian:/# debootstrap --arch i386 etch /nfsroot-x86 http://archive.debian.org/debian/

I get the following error messages:
 
I: Retrieving Release
I: Retrieving Release.gpg
I: Checking Release signature
E: Release signed by unknown key (key id B5D0C804ADB11277)

Any ideas what is wrong? This is my first foray into this territory

Thanks

Mike Fitzgerald


Darac Marjal

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Feb 19, 2014, 5:00:02 AM2/19/14
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 08:19:13PM +0000, Mike Fitzgerald wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've got a Cobalt Raq4 and am trying install etch (that's the most recent
> version it will take) but when issuing:
>
> root@debian:/# debootstrap --arch i386 etch /nfsroot-x86
> [1]http://archive.debian.org/debian/
>
> I get the following error messages:
>  
> I: Retrieving Release
> I: Retrieving Release.gpg
> I: Checking Release signature
> E: Release signed by unknown key (key id B5D0C804ADB11277)
>
> Any ideas what is wrong? This is my first foray into this territory

Etch, as you know, is old. The key used to sign it is now, in all
likelihood, expired. It's probably been expired so long, that it's been
cleared out of the debian-keyring package. You should probably try and
find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was
and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc).

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Ron Leach

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Feb 19, 2014, 9:20:02 AM2/19/14
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On 19/02/2014 09:56, Darac Marjal wrote:
> You should probably try and
> find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was
> and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc).
>

I still have a box in the corner running Etch. I had a quick look for
what it thinks is the Debian signing key, but I couldn't find it. I'd
installed from CDs I'd downloaded from the Debian download site,
probably sometime during 2007/2008. If you could suggest where I
might check, I could tell the OP what this installation believes the
key ID to be. Then we could check the keyservers, and we'd both be
able to see if this key is there (something I would be interested to
know, also).

I still have the discs I downloaded.

regards, Ron


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Dan Purgert

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Feb 19, 2014, 10:40:03 AM2/19/14
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On 19/02/2014 09:15, Ron Leach wrote:
> On 19/02/2014 09:56, Darac Marjal wrote:
>> You should probably try and
>> find a source that you trust that tells you what they key for Etch was
>> and then fetch that manually (it may still be on keyservers etc).
>>
>
> I still have a box in the corner running Etch. I had a quick look for
> what it thinks is the Debian signing key, but I couldn't find it. I'd
> installed from CDs I'd downloaded from the Debian download site,
> probably sometime during 2007/2008. If you could suggest where I
> might check, I could tell the OP what this installation believes the
> key ID to be. Then we could check the keyservers, and we'd both be
> able to see if this key is there (something I would be interested to
> know, also).
>
> I still have the discs I downloaded.
>
> regards, Ron
>
>

Tried "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys B5D0C804ADB11277" and it pulled
down the "Etch Stable Release Key <debian-...@lists.debian.org>" key.

$ gpg --fingerprint ADB11277
pub 1024D/ADB11277 2006-09-17
Key fingerprint = 7EA3 91D7 2477 203B 58C0 4FBC B5D0 C804 ADB1 1277
uid Etch Stable Release Key <debian-...@lists.debian.org>

Should be what you're looking for.

-Dan


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Chris Bannister

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Feb 20, 2014, 7:50:02 PM2/20/14
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 10:38:47AM -0500, Dan Purgert wrote:
> Tried "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys B5D0C804ADB11277" and it pulled
> down the "Etch Stable Release Key <debian-...@lists.debian.org>" key.
>
> $ gpg --fingerprint ADB11277
> pub 1024D/ADB11277 2006-09-17
> Key fingerprint = 7EA3 91D7 2477 203B 58C0 4FBC B5D0 C804 ADB1 1277
> uid Etch Stable Release Key <debian-...@lists.debian.org>

Thanks for that. I keep forgetting the option/values.

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