Re: trying to combine apt-cdrom and apt-get install.....
On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 12:16:24AM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
> Dear Debian folks,
>
> Also I managed to specify the DVD with apt-cdrom -d/media/cdrom1 add (I
> think it was cdrom1) and it then read in the DVD images for Sarge 3.1 r4
> and upgraded everything and inhaled all the packages after I had installed
> Sarge 3.1r3 with only 4 of the smelly old 15 CD set I am trying to get away
> from.
> I am trying to install a package using apt-get install......
>
> The OS responded by requesting binary 1 for Sarge 3.1r4 and expected to be
> inserted in the CD drive not DVD drive.....
>
> It was asking for the first CD in a set of CDs I don't actually have, Mine
> are for Sarge 3.1 r3.
I don't understand the whole problem but I understand that the order of
entries in /etc/apt/sources.list is important. Make sure that the DVD
is listed first and that there are no references for sources you don't
have.
Doug.
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