Still a problem (apt-get won't recognize when right cd is in drive).
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:57:46AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:14:58AM +0000, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > > > > I have a really slow net connection so upgrading over that > > is out of the question. > > Basically all the repitition on those CD's is confusing apt. Try just > using the last two (the 2.2 0a Official ones). I'm sorry to say this didn't work. However... On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:14:36PM +1100, Jeremy Rashbrooke wrote: > Howdi, > > You might want to update /etc/apt/sources.list to point > to woody .. and then do an 'apt-get update' .. and then do > an 'apt-get install apt' -- whch will grab the new(est) version > of apt. This version may more sensibly handle CDROM > based dist-upgrades. > > Certainly in the past when doing dist-upgrades or other > systemish (libc's, large-scale, upgrades) I've found > I've had more luck after I've upgraded apt itself .. > > Cheers, > Jedd. I have to admit I haven't tried this yet. I prefer to try to upgrade off the cds first, however if that doesn't work I will try this. On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:03:25PM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:43:11AM +0000, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 02:14:58AM +0000, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > > > > > Oops, I forgot to mention: > > to do. > > > > So I did try the apt-get -f install, and it didn't make > > things better because when I tried the apt-get dist-upgrade > > afterwards (again), it had all the same errors as the first > > time I tried it. > > You've followed the upgrading instructions in the documentation at > <URL: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/sparc/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html> > and have the right version of dpkg and apt? Thanks for this info, I downloaded this page and was able to update my kernel and apt-get and dpkg (and libc). However, when I try to do the final step: apt-get dist-upgrade I still get the message telling me to put disk 1 of potato in the cdrom drive, even when I have already put that disk there. I wiped out the /etc/apt/sources.list and /var/state/apt/cdroms.list, and re-created them (yet) again with apt-cdrom add, and this problem still exists. Once again I tried editing the cdroms.list file by hand but that didn't help (nor make things worse). I looked in /var/log/messages but no apt-messages there... is there another place to look for apt failure messages? Do I really have to download the woody version of apt to make this work? Since apt-get install worked on individual packages (kernel-image, apt, etc), I suppose I could do that for each of the 451 upgraded, and 69 new packages, but it seems that apt-get dist-upgrade should be able to do it by itself. I did try to mount the disks, and look at them. They seem fine. I unmounted again before trying again. The only thing I can notice is that the /cdrom/.disk/info file contains Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 0a "Potato" - Official sparc Binary-2 (20000818) while the apt-get program asks for Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 0a _Potato_ - Official sparc Binary-2 (20000818) But I assume that the apt-get program identifies the disk by the cd id number, not the label, so this shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for your help so far. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! --