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Re: [RFC] Support for using multiple CDs during installation



On Thursday 25 October 2007, Frans Pop wrote:
> The prompt for CD changing works during pkgsel, but apparently not for a
> normal apt-install. During initial tests, installation of grub failed
> because CD2 was still mounted and I never got the prompt to change CDs.
> This is worked around by making sure CD1 is installed again, but if any
> packages from other CDs are needed for whatever reason _after_ pkgsel,
> the installation will hang for the same reason.
> I've not really looked yet at why this does not work.

It looks like this could be fixed by (conditionally) making apt-setup use 
debconf-apt-progress.

> - if a CD change is needed to install a package _after_ pkgsel, this will
>   fail because the CD is mounted in the D-I environment (the CD drive is
>   locked)

With the above implemented, this could be worked around by making apt-setup 
umount the CD in the D-I environment and making it reload the installation 
CD again before exiting (just like pkgsel now does).

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