dselect/apt/cdrom
I'm trying to configure /etc/apt/sources.list to use a 2CD 'Official'
Debian 2.1 set and seem unable to get the right formulation. All the
examples given relate to ftp and http. I want to use apt in dselect
to adjust the original installation (for some reason not all slink
packages on the second CD show up when I run dselect).
Unless I misunderstand my CD, the packages I want to get hold
of are in the path /dists/slink/main/binary-i386 (then folders for
Admin, Mail etc). The 'Packages.cd' is in /slink. My cdrom is
/dev/hdc.
As a newbie, I'm doing quite well but am frustrated here. The use
of dselect doesn't present any problems - I just can't get at some
packages which are on the CDs under slink (but they are
recorded in /var/lib/dpkg/status). Would a kind soul put me on
the right path please by explaining what simple mistake I'm
making with say 'deb file:/dev/hdc/dists/slink/main/binary-i386'.
Regards, John.
PS. I've been following postings for the past three weeks incl.
the recent items re apt - nothing seems to cover my predicament.
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