Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

2006-07-21 Thread Nick Wright
> Why not? > Are you saying you never actually burned the CD image? > > (the Packages file is not in the expected place, etc -- please > > correct me if I'm wrong about this!). > > FWIW; the protocol is "file:///" _not_ "file://" Well I burned the DVD but I dont want to use it :P I had another

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

2006-07-20 Thread Willie Wonka
Nick Wright wrote: > > Use file:// rather than cdrom: for archives on disk. When > > apt-get sees a cdrom: source, it naturally thinks that it's a > > real CD-ROM device. > > That makes some degree of sense -- however, for one thing the mounted > iso image cannot be used directly as a file://

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

2006-07-20 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 12:46:39 +1200 Nick Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Anyways, any further comments on this would be appreciated -- I'm > prolly just gonna copy off all the .debs and throw away the .iso Hmm. I seem to be having what may be a related problem: Originally (around November la

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

2006-07-20 Thread Nick Wright
> >I'm having some trouble getting apt to use a mounted .iso image on my > >hdd. > >[...] > >I now have this in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > >deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 > >(20060419)]/ unstable contrib main > >[...] > >Media Change: Please insert the dis

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

2006-07-20 Thread Willie Wonka
> > I now have this in my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)]/ unstable contrib main > > [...] > > Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled > > 'Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)' > >

Re: apt-cdrom on iso mount

2006-07-20 Thread Mumia W.
On 07/20/2006 05:09 AM, Nick Wright wrote: I'm having some trouble getting apt to use a mounted .iso image on my hdd. [...] I now have this in my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 r2 _Sarge_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20060419)]/ unstable contrib main [...] Media Change: Ple