On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 11:12:06 -0500, you wrote: >Marc Haber wrote: >> I have my cdrom not on /cdrom, but on /mnt/cdrom. /etc/fstab shows >> this. However, apt-cdrom tries to mount /cdrom and fails. >> > >Edit your /etc/fstab file so /dev/hdc (or whatever device your cdrom is) is >mounted >on /cdrom -- change the "/mnt/cdrom" to "/cdrom", then type: > > mkdir /cdrom > umount /mnt/cdrom (assuming you're already mounted on the cdrom . . if not > then >skip this line) > mount /cdrom
Why is everybody today taking me for a bloody newbie? I have moved my cdrom mount point to /mnt _on_ _purpose_ because that's where mount points belong. Alone the assumption that I have IDE devices in my system could be taken as an insult. apt should get this flexibility built in. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Karlsruhe, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Fon: *49 721 966 32 15 Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fax: *49 721 966 31 29
