On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 05:40:53PM -0400, Theodore Alcapotaxis wrote:
> I installed Debian 7 using a USB flash drive "burned" from the first DVD ISO
> of the Debian installation CD/DVD.
>
> I did a very minimal install without Debian desktop environment, Print server
> and Standard system utilities.
>
> After installation and a reboot, I was presented with a console with the
> words Debian GNU/Linux 7 hostname tty1. I supplied the login username and
> password.
>
> After I typed the command sudo apt-get install xorg, an error message popped
> up stating:
>
> Media changed: please insert the disk labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 7.4.0
> _Wheezy_ - Official amd64 DVD Binary-1 20140208-13:47' in the drive and press
> Enter
>
> I inserted the same USB flash drive into the same slot and after waiting for
> a few seconds, I pressed Enter.
>
> The same error message popped up.
>
> I have tried the following steps on the advice of some of my colleagues:
>
> 1. remove/delete all the entries in /etc/apt/sources.list and reboot the
> computer
> 2. dmesg shows that the USB thumb drive is mounted on /dev/sdb1
> 3. sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usb0
> 4. sudo apt-cdrom -m -d /media/usb0 add
>
> After doing the above, the following error message appears:
>
> [quote]
>
> Using CD-ROM mount point /media/cdrom/
> Identifying.......{a long string of alphanumeric characters}
> Scanning disc for index files...............
> Found 0 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 0
> signatures
> W: Failed to mount '/dev/sr0' to '/media/cdrom/'
> E: Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Debian disc or
> the wrong architecture
>
> [end quote]
>
> I prefer to install Xorg (60MB) and gnome-core (400MB) from the DVD disc. The
> NGO that I am working with is in a developing country with a very basic
> internet access infrastructure. Internet access is very patchy and the
> average download speed is less than 2 Mbps.
>
> A solution will be much appreciated.
>
> Regards.
>
> Theodore
>
>
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It's just possible that the first line in your /etc/apt/sources.list has an
entry which references the CD itself
and that, underneath that are the entries which would work if you're on a
network.
Edit the file to remove the first line / comment it out with an # and try again.
I think this is a minor bug in the installer but a new release of Debian CDs is
due shortly.
All the very best,
AndyC
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