Re: Debian KDE, repeatedly asking me to insert a CD
On Friday 26 June 2015 12:10:12 Brenton Horne wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After I previously attempted to install the testing version of Debian
> (although I thought it was the stable 8.1 version) on a virtualbox machine
> I decided to use the debian-8.1.0-i386-kde-CD-1.iso ISO. This installation
> occurred without error and the net connection is fine (why I'm even using
> its connection to send this email). The reason I am sending this email,
> however, is that I installed scilab via APT (which also happened without
> incident) and since then whenever I run `apt-get install <package>`, where
> <package> can be substituted with whatever package ya want and it doesn't
> seem to make any difference, I get the following message after I answer `Y`
> to do I want to continue with the installation:
>
> `Media change: please insert the disc labeled
> 'Debian GNU/Linux 8.1.0 _Jessie_ - Official i386 kde-CD Binary-1
> 20150606-13:00'
> in the drive '/media/cdrom/' and press enter`
>
> And I'm wondering what's this is about. My original ISO which I used to
> install this virtual machine (VM) is still connected to the VM (I know it's
> no longer needed after the installation is complete, it's just I haven't
> shut the machine down yet so I haven't had the chance to remove it).
Go to your sources list. Comment out the CD. Update. It will stop asking
for it. That will only work if it can indeed get packages from the Internet.
Lisi
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