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Installing from DVD on /mount/cdrom1

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I installed Sarge off 1 cd; for the rest, I have the two DVD set. And a DVD drive on cdrom1.

I used the following command to update the sources.list file: apt-cdrom add -d /media/cdrom1/, which seemed to work like a charm.

However, an apt-get install [program] command leads to a prompt asking me to insert the Binary-1 disc in '/cdrom/' I could do an ugly fix, but there must be a better solution. I can mount the DVD, and apt-cdrom seems to have no problem reading the DVDs; unfortunately there is no equivalent "-d" option for apt-get.

I used apt-setup; it claimed to create symbolic links, but the result is the same: apt-get is fixated on /cdrom/.

I looked for examples of changes to apt.conf or some other apt config file, but none of my ham-handed attempts worked.
(P.S. I couldn't actually find the apt.conf file, only a directory called apt.conf.d, so I created an apt.conf file; however, I found no clear examples of the syntax needed to fix my problem).

Thanks.

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apt.conf

Submitted by pinniped on Tue, 2006-11-07 07:38.

Yes, this file does not exist by default. There is some documentation - try: 'info apt.conf' to start with - I can't remember if the docs are in a separate doc package, but I don't think they are. Also, when the 'apt' system was installed, somewhere in the /usr/share/doc directory an example apt.conf file would have been installed - it's a rather large file and lists a huge number of possible configurations as examples. That file is actually absolutely useless as an apt.conf file but it shows you how to use the numerous options available - you just have to imitate and modify the sections which you actually need.

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apt.conf

Submitted by pin on Tue, 2006-11-07 12:10.

Thanks for the tip, pinniped.

Do you figure that everything else I did was probably right?

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Solution

Submitted by pin on Tue, 2006-11-07 13:08.

The following line in the Acquire section of the apt.conf file worked for me (verbatim):

"cdrom"::Mount "/media/cdrom1/";

Thanks again, pinniped

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