Re: Sid CD fails as apt source
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On Wednesday 03 September 2003 04:36 pm, Andrew Malcolmson wrote:
> John Stevenson wrote:
> >> I'm trying to use a sid iso image as a apt source. I've
> >> successfully mounted it and added a file entry to sources.list as:
> >>
> >> deb file:/mnt/iso/debian sid main
> >
> > The correct way to add an Official Debian CD to the apt
> > sources.list file is to use the command:
> >
> > apt-cdrom add
> >
> > You should run this command as root. This will prompt you to put
> > in a cdrom, do not mount the cdrom yourself as the apt-cdrom does
> > all this for you. You should end up with a sources.list entry that
> > starts with:
> >
> > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux .....
> >
> > You may find that some or all of the existing entries are commented
> > out by apt-cdrom. If you are concerned, you should make a backup
> > copy of sources.list.
>
> Thanks, though pretty much the same thing happens after a apt-cdrom
> add:
>
> Scanning Disc for index files.. Found 0 package indexes and 0 source
> indexes.
> E: Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Debian
> Disc
>
> I guess the basic problem is just that the Packages file is in a
> 'binary-alpha' directory instead of in a 'binary-i386' directory as
> is usual.
>
> But everyone who downloads a Sid image must have this problem but I
> don't see anyone mentioning this, so what's going on here?
Uhmm.. might be a dumb suggestion, but do you have a i386 Sid cd. Sounds
like you may have dl'd an alpha iso.
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Greg Madden
Debian GNU/Linux
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