On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:14:20 -0600 Adam Fabian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I added a few DVDs to my sources.list using apt-cdrom. I tried adding > some new packages with aptitude, and it wanted me to "insert the > following disc into drive "/cdrom/". I inserted the appropriate disc > into the drive I had used apt-cdrom with, but aptitude didn't find > it. As it happens, on that IDE channel, the DVD drive is the slave > device. I use ide-scsi, so the actual device name is /dev/scd1. I > have left the mount point set appropriately in fstab, as I had to do > to use apt-cdrom to begin with. > > Does anyone know how I can get aptitude to look in the correct drive? > If it matters, it looks like I'm using udev. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AFAIK apt-cdrom always uses /cdrom which should be a link to your first optical drive. You can easily change this to point to whatever device you want to use, even a loop mounted .iso ;) Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
