On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 11:14:30PM +0000, Philip Charles wrote: > On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > > > > you can tell it to read Packages.cd directly > > > > > I don't want that, it's a hack. :) > > > > No more than all the other ugly things that have been suggested, and this > > only affects the 3 people silly enough to loopback mount ISO's and try to > > use APT on them. > > I have used this myself. It is a good way to test an image. It is also > used by people who have borrowed CDs and do not have a burner. > I can add another `weirdo' method of using cds... I have a cdrom-less workstation that can nfs mount a server cdrom drive. I tried to apt-cdrom add the 3cd potato set with the nfs mount, worked great, but when I try to install a package apt-get fails to recognize the cd - it keeps asking for it whether the nfs share has be pre-mounted on the workstation or not. Regards, Filip -- Did you know that if you play a Windows 2000 cd backwards, you will hear the voice of Satan? That's nothing! If you play it forward, it'll install Windows 2000. -- Robert Guthrie
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