Re: dselect does not offer CD as an install choice, why?

[Manuel Reiter <reiter@th.physik.uni-frankfurt.de>]

Hi again,

> Another candidate would be apt, if it's there. Try putting the CDs
> in (no need to mount them) and issuing 'apt-cdrom add'. This should
> put them into your apt sources.list. Then select 'apt' as access
> metod from dselect.
> 
> nfs, floppy ftp, and apt.
> 
> Let me try that.....
> 
> Mmm, interesting, it prompted me for each CD Pretty cool.
> 
> But now I don't know how to use this. If I go inot dselect, take choice 1,
> and select apt as the method. It prompts me as to whether I want to change
> the source list. if I say yes, it prompts me for a URL, offering ftp, http,
> and file.

Just say no here: Building a sources list is what apt-cdrom did for
you. If you already changed that list in dselect, repeat the 'apt-cdrom
add' process. Then select apt as access method, choose 2 (update) from
dselect's main menu and off you go.

Greetings,

  Manuel