-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:23 pm, Jim Higson wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 20:01:41 +0000, Pigeon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> I don't have a cd burner, so how can I get apt-get install to see > >> the iso > >> images as install sources without burning the images to discs? > > > > The quick-and-nasty way: when apt asks for the cd to be inserted in > > /cdrom/, > > before you press return, switch to another VC and symlink > > /dev/cdrom to the > > iso mount point. > > > > It can be done "properly" but I can't remember off the top of my > > head exactly how, and I'm not on the system that I have set up > > "properly" so I can't post its config. Sorry! > > Ok. That sounds fine for now. I wonder is the 'right' way to create a > local debian mirror? If so can this be done from the isos? > > When you get to that machine I'd be interested in seeing the proper > config if you can post it. > > -- > Jim Higson
RE: the quick & nasty way ...: AFAIK, 'apt-cdrom add' looks to the standard mount point for the cdrom, however, there is an option to use with 'apt-cdrom (-d)' that allows you to specify the mount point. I think, haven't done this, that you could loop mount each iso, i.e., as /mnt/cdrom1-7, then point apt-cdrom to each mount point. You will always have to have each cdrom mounted on the same mount point for dselect or apt-get to work though. A local mirror is a cleaner way but I don't know how to get a mirror from the 7 cdroms. - -- Greg Madden Debian GNU/Linux -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAAKA2k7rtxKWZzGsRAuyYAJ98g9bLcRx1IcOChRyJqkobpv04wACgxGF2 1u3em3r8v1pONQBhWxeVJZ8= =0GP3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]