Bug#706562: release-notes: wheezy's apt-cdrom doesn't insist on /cdrom as mount point
Package: release-notes
Followup-For: Bug #706562
I thought this bugreport from the Wheezy release-notes had been dealt
with, but it's a good thing I doublechecked upgrading.dbk. My points
#2 and #3 (references to /dev/hdc and lack of reference to Blu-Ray)
are done, but #1 (references to /cdrom instead of /media/cdrom) was
deferred until Jessie, since Wheezy users might still have been using
the Squeeze apt-cdrom.
> <para>
> Make sure there is a line in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that enables
> -mounting your CD-ROM drive at the <filename>/cdrom</filename> mount point (the
> -exact <filename>/cdrom</filename> mount point is required for
> -<command>apt-cdrom</command>). For example, if <filename>/dev/scd0</filename>
> +mounting your CD-ROM drive at the <filename>/media/cdrom</filename>
> +mount point. For example, if <filename>/dev/sr0</filename>
> is your CD-ROM drive, <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> should contain a line
> like:
> </para>
#611569 seems to say that users can now leave it to apt-cdrom to get
the right mountpoint name from /etc/fstab, which would mean that all
we'd need to do here is tell them to make sure it has an fstab entry.
However, when I set up a /media/optical0 and try that, apt-cdrom
insists on wanting /media/cdrom instead, so we probably still need to
make more of a fuss about the precise path.
Another minor tweak: as far as I can tell current udev will never name
a device /dev/scd0, only /dev/sr0.
The rest of it is just search-and-replace for sr0 and /media.
--
JBR with qualifications in linguistics, experience as a Debian
sysadmin, and probably no clue about this particular package
Index: upgrading.dbk
===================================================================
--- upgrading.dbk (revision 10757)
+++ upgrading.dbk (working copy)
@@ -549,14 +549,13 @@
</para>
<para>
Make sure there is a line in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> that enables
-mounting your CD-ROM drive at the <filename>/cdrom</filename> mount point (the
-exact <filename>/cdrom</filename> mount point is required for
-<command>apt-cdrom</command>). For example, if <filename>/dev/scd0</filename>
+mounting your CD-ROM drive at the <filename>/media/cdrom</filename>
+mount point. For example, if <filename>/dev/sr0</filename>
is your CD-ROM drive, <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> should contain a line
like:
</para>
<programlisting>
-/dev/scd0 /cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
+/dev/sr0 /media/cdrom auto noauto,ro 0 0
</programlisting>
<para>
Note that there must be <emphasis>no spaces</emphasis> between the words
@@ -566,9 +565,9 @@
To verify it works, insert a CD and try running
</para>
<screen>
-# mount /cdrom # this will mount the CD to the mount point
-# ls -alF /cdrom # this should show the CD's root directory
-# umount /cdrom # this will unmount the CD
+# mount /media/cdrom # this will mount the CD to the mount point
+# ls -alF /media/cdrom # this should show the CD's root directory
+# umount /media/cdrom # this will unmount the CD
</screen>
<para>
Next, run:
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