I'm trying to configure /etc/apt/sources.list to use a 2CD 'Official' Debian 2.1 set and seem unable to get the right formulation. All the examples given relate to ftp and http. I want to use apt in dselect to adjust the original installation (for some reason not all slink packages on the second CD show up when I run dselect).
Unless I misunderstand my CD, the packages I want to get hold of are in the path /dists/slink/main/binary-i386 (then folders for Admin, Mail etc). The 'Packages.cd' is in /slink. My cdrom is /dev/hdc. As a newbie, I'm doing quite well but am frustrated here. The use of dselect doesn't present any problems - I just can't get at some packages which are on the CDs under slink (but they are recorded in /var/lib/dpkg/status). Would a kind soul put me on the right path please by explaining what simple mistake I'm making with say 'deb file:/dev/hdc/dists/slink/main/binary-i386'. Regards, John. PS. I've been following postings for the past three weeks incl. the recent items re apt - nothing seems to cover my predicament.
