Re: apt CDROM Method

[bmarcum@iglou.com (Bill Marcum)]

On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 04:48:27PM -0500, Mr Mike wrote:
> apt CDROM method /var/lib/apt/methods/CDROM has quit finding my DVDRW
> for some reason.
>  
> I recently modified my fstab and mountpoints in /media to reflect the
> actual device types..  ie: /media/cdrom0 to /media/dvdrw and
> /media/cdrom1 to /media/cdrw In the event I should add another optical
> disk then I plan to add appropriate numbers to the mount points (
> /media/dvdrw2 etc..) These changes haven't effected any other app that
> requires or needs access to the DVD....
> 
> So...  just how do I get apt to find the device?  There is a file
> /var/lib/apt/cdroms.list but I have no idea if it is editable or not
> and if it is, what to change.  It appears to have a md5 sum of the
> disk or something at the beginning of each device but uummm...  I'm
> just way outa my league here and need help...
> 
apt-cdrom -d=/media/dvdrw add



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