Hello. I have dial-up. So, I ordered Squeeze DVDs, which arrived on Friday. I added these to my sources.list (apt-cdrom add), and I commented out every other source. I got rid of my preferences files. I first did the minimal system upgrade (apt-get upgrade), followed by the upgrade to the kernel (apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686) followed by the upgrade to udev (apt-get install udev). This went smoothly. Then I rebooted, and proceeded to to "apt-get dist-upgrade". Here began the problems.
debian:/home/mark# apt-get dist-upgrade [..] 377 upgraded, 327 newly installed, 62 to remove and 6 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/907MB of archives. After this operation, 643MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27' in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27' in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter Media Change: Please insert the disc labelled 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27' in the drive ‘/cdrom/’ and press enter I entered the dvd in the drive, but it would not read it. Instead (as shown above) it kept telling me to "press enter". So I looked at /etc/fstab, and saw the following: /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 I noticed from the release notes that it said to add the following line if your cdrom drive was /dev/hdc (which it had been): /dev/hdc /cdrom auto defaults,noauto,ro 0 0 So I added this, but it did nothing. I then investigated, and discovered that /dev/hdc didn't exist. However, /dev/cdrom1 did exist, and I was able to mount the cdrom (dvdrom, actually) with this. So, I reverted back to the previous line, but changed hdc to cdrom1: /dev/cdrom1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 This worked for the first dvd, but in retrospect I think I made an error here. Anyway, I ran "apt-get dist-upgrade", and it now read the first dvd. However, when it requested me to change the dvd to another one, the cdrom would not open -- it was locked. So, I pressed Ctrl-C to stop the upgrade, but it was still locked. Eventually I got the dvd out by entering "eject cdrom" in the terminal, and it came out. So, I went back to my /etc/fstab file, and added: /dev/cdrom1 /cdrom auto defaults,noauto,ro 0 0 I did the tests from the release notes, that being: debian:/# mount /cdrom debian:/# ls -alF /cdrom lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 23 2006 /cdrom -> media/cdrom/ debian:/# umount /cdrom So, this seemed to work. I still had issues, though, with it locking in the dvd in the drive, and not allowing me to change it. In fact, I couldn't even get the dvd out of the drive due to the changed /cdrom mount: debian:/home/mark# eject cdrom eject: tried to use `/media/cdrom0' as device name but it is no block device eject: tried to use `/media/cdrom0' as device name but it is no block device eject: unable to find or open device for: `cdrom' So I had to have both the /media/cdrom0 line, and the /cdrom line there to be able to eject the dvds. I proceeded to rerun "apt-cdrom add". I was able to get the first one registered in the sources.list, but not the rest. It gave me the readout: debian:/# apt-cdrom add Using CD-ROM mount point /media/apt/ Identifying.. [df536a6852f677c02419bfc6e297b484-2] Scanning disc for index files.. Found 2 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 0 signatures This disc is called: 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27' Reading Package Indexes... Done Writing new source list Source list entries for this disc are: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20110205-17:27]/ squeeze contrib main Repeat this process for the rest of the CDs in your set. debian:/# debian:/# apt-cdrom add Using CD-ROM mount point /media/apt/ Identifying.. [c11560740d838ce8911541aea862162c-2] Scanning disc for index files.. Found 0 package indexes, 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 0 signatures E: Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Debian Disc or the wrong architecture? debian:/# So, it now won't acknowledge any other disc but the first one -- note, for the minimal system upgrade, with the wonderful Lenny, it read them all. I did an "apt-get -f install" with disc one (or at least I think I did it -- my brain is beginning to atrophy, I fear) and when I try it now, it tells me to use disc 2. So, I have disc 2 in the drive, and the drive makes sounds like it's reading the disc, but it just doesn't. Instead, it perpetually tells me to "please insert...and press enter": 18 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 60 not upgraded. 576 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/15.3 MB of archives. After this operation, 10.8 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-2 20110205-17:27' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter Media change: please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-2 20110205-17:27' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter Media change: please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 _Squeeze_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-2 20110205-17:27' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter I've also used "/dev/sr0 /cdrom auto defaults,noauto,ro 0 0" in the /etc/fstab, because it sort of seemed to work, but it gives me the same result. Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions on how I can finish this upgrade, then please forward them my way. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110306083356.2ae95...@yahoo.ca
