Re: Installation idiot test 2000 #3
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Philip Charles wrote:
> >
> > > 1. I had to scan each of the three binary CDs. Is this intended or is it
> > > connected with bug 57949? If it is intended then it needs to be made
> > > clear that all binary discs need to be scanned.
> >
> > If you are using APT it is intended, I think dpkg-multicd should be
> > obsolete, the latest APT cdrom code superceeds it in all respects AFAIK
>
> Please note that it should be also entirely possible to use APT on the
> CD #1 only. Just point to the already mounted CD by using a line like this:
>
> deb file:/whatever
>
> in /etc/apt/sources.list. Of course, this will not work for disks other
> than #1, and you will be completely unable to install packages from disks
> #2 or #3, but it is still a possibility if you have just CD #1.
>
Thanks for this. However I am not thinking of myself, but rather of
newbie customers and how they will react to the CD set as it stands.
Phil.
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Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz
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