Re: wheezy on Sun Netra X1 ?

On 8/31/25 08:16, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 08:13 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> On 8/31/25 08:02, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>> On 8/31/25 07:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>>> Hi Dennis,
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 2025-08-31 at 07:45 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>>>>> However eventually the GRUB just dies with no clue what to do.
>>>>
>>>> My suggestion would be to install using the netboot installer in Wheezy:
>>>>
>>>> https://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-sparc/
>>>> current/images/netboot/
>>>>
>>>
>>
>> I think there is a ports mirror somewhere but it has been years since I
>> tried this :
> 
> You have to use archive.debian.org/debian and try to disable the GPG verification.
> 

                                                              │
      │ Debian archive mirror hostname:                                    │
      │                                                                    │
      │ archive.debian.org________________________________________________ │
      │


                                                                       │
    │ Debian archive mirror directory: 
    │
    │ 
    │
    │ 
/debian/_____________________________________________________________ │
    │


and then ...

    │                          Bad archive mirror 
    │
    │ An error has been detected while trying to use the specified 
Debian   │
    │ archive mirror. 
    │
    │ 
    │
    │ Possible reasons for the error are: incorrect mirror specified; 
    │
    │ mirror is not available (possibly due to an unreliable network 
    │
    │ connection); mirror is broken (for example because an invalid 
Release │
    │ file was found); mirror does not support the correct Debian 
version.  │
    │ 
    │
    │ Additional details may be available in /var/log/syslog or on 
virtual  │
    │ console 4. 
    │
    │ 
    │
    │ Please check the specified mirror or try a different one.

> Not sure if there is an easy way to achieve that in the installer. I have to try
> this myself first.

I scroll to the top of the mirror list and enter the info manually.

> 
> FWIW, there were discussions with the FTP team to generate new signatures for
> archive.debian.org so that older Debian distributions can be installed without
> signature verification problems.
> 
> Alternatively, you can try setting the clock back.

when all else fails .... however at the moment there is no functional 
pkg mirror at all.