Kenneth Scharf wrote: > >A friend had a problem installing base2_1.tgz from my >Cheapbytes > >4 CD set (I only upgraded). > > How did you upgrade using the CD? I downloaded the latest apt (0.3x) > from ftp.debian.org as the cd came with 0.1.8.
same here. > I noticed a program > called apt-cdrom which is supposed to set up /etc/apt/sources.list for > you. (the man pages say you SHOULD not edit sources.list by hand...) I have a CDROM and a CD-Writer at work, so I setup apt for both binaries to be visible at the same time. That worked. At home, I used the apt-cdrom thing and that worked too. > Anyway I tried to run apt-get update -f and > apt-get upgrade and got lots of errors about the wrong cd being mounted > (It was looking for binary #2 but would only let me mount binary #1). > I backed up my /var/lib/dpkg directory before I started so I can > restore the database (nothing got upgraded yet) and try again with the > apt that was on the CD? Peter
