> It should say 'Using CD-ROM mount point /media/usb0', then tell you it
> is unmounting the CD-ROM and ask for a disc to be inserted.
No. I confirm that the line indeed states 'Using CD-ROM mount point
/media/cdrom' and not '...../media/usb0' {I reinstalled Debian just to make
sure that what I wrote in the original post was correct.)
> /dev/sr0 is where one of those round, shiny discs would be located. This
> is not ok.
I agree. It's weird. I have not, at any point in time, used a DVD to install
Debian.
> I won't insult you by asking whether it is a Debian disc for the right
> architecture. (It is, isn't it :) )
As I stated in my original post, the only medium used to install Debian is a
USB 2.0 flash/thumb drive. No DVD was used during the installation.
> Do 'sudo apt-cdrom -d /media/usb0 ident'. Is the correct mount point
> used? Is there a value for 'Stored label'? This value is what you have
> to put in the 'deb cdrom' line in sources.list if the following command
> doesn't work.
>
> sudo apt-cdrom --no-auto-detect -d /media/usb0 add
>
> '--no-auto-detect' is undocumented in Wheezy.
I took up on your suggestions and below is the feedback:
After typing the command 'sudo apt-cdrom -d /media/usb0 ident' the response was:
Using CD-ROM mount point /media/usb0/
Mounting CD-ROM
Identifying....{a long string of alphanumeric characters}
Stored label: Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1
20140208-13:47
Unmounting CD-ROM.......
Following the above response, I issued another command 'sudo apt-cdrom
--no-auto-detect -d /media/usb0 add' and the reply from the OS was as shown
below:
Using CD-ROM mount point /media/usb0/
Unmounting CD-ROM
Waiting for disc......
Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter
The USB flash/thumb drive had all the while been in the USB port. All I did was
to press 'Enter' and below was the response:
Mounting CD-ROM....
Identifying.......{a long string of alphanumeric characters}
Scanning disc for index files......
Found 2 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 2 translation indexes and 0
signatures
This disc is called Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0 _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 DVD
Binary-1 20140208-13:47
Reading Package Indexes.....Done
Writing new source list
Source list entries for this disc are: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0
_Wheezy_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20140208-13:47]/ wheezy contrib main
Unmounting CD-ROM....
Repeat this process for the rest of the CDs in your set
Seeing that the OS was able to detect that my USB stick contains the Debian
installer, I re-issued the command 'sudo apt-cdrom -d /media/usb0 add' and
pressed 'Enter'. The error message is the same, viz.:
Using CD-ROM mount point /media/cdrom/
Identifying.......{a long string of alphanumeric characters}
Scanning disc for index files...............
Found 0 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 0
signatures
W: Failed to mount '/dev/sr0' to '/media/cdrom/'
E: Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Debian disc or the
wrong architecture
What shall I do now, please? Is this a bug in the 'apt' package?
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