Try deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Offical i386 Binary-1 (20010427)$
That is the line in my sources.list but of courses yours might differ depending on what version of Debian you have installed. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gustaf Erikson Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:00 PM To: Alex Hunsley Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: putting cdrom into sources.list Alex Hunsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Originally my surces.list file (for apt) pointed to my cd rom drive, > which had potato cd #1 in it. Since then I've changed sources.list to > get stuff from the net, but how do I add the cd drive back to > sources.list? I suspect it's something like file:/cdrom but I've tried > that and no luck... (yes, I know now I could use dpkg -i directly, but > I want to be able to use apt-cache search and apt-get for easyness.) > > thanks > alex > man sources.list is your friend: cdrom The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CDROM drive with media swapping. Use the apt-cdrom(8) program to create cdrom entires in the source list. /g. -- Gustaf Erikson -+- +46 70 444 0726 -+- [http://stureby.net/] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
