Re: "apt-cdrom add" using an ISO image
On 9/20/07, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:57:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 07:35:07AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'd like to loop-mount an ISO image and do an "apt-cdrom add" from it.
> > > I looked around and couldn't find the option. Is it possible?
> >
> > From the manpages I think this should to the trick (untested)
> >
> > mount /my/image.iso /mountpoint -oloop
> > apt-cdrom -d=/mountpoint add
> >
> > And /mountpoint must be listed in fstab.
> >
>
> For this, I would suggest creating a dedicated mount point and puting
> the whole thing in fstab. This way, aptitude can have apt mount the CD
> without any further intervention from you.
The relevant fstab line looks like this:
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/home/wena/aptoncd.iso /home/wena/soka iso9660 user,loop 0 0
With this I'm able to add the contents to sources.list with:
apt-cdrom -m -d=/home/wena/soka add
But then later apt keeps asking me to insert the disk inside as if it
does not notice that the image is already mounted. How can I let it
install from a mounted image? This is what the relevant line in
sources.list file looks like:
deb cdrom:[APTonCD for - i386 (2007-10-17 13:19) DVD1]/ /
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