On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 09:11:18 -0600 Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11/20/2020 10:56 AM, Marko Randjelovic wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 09:35:04 -0600 > > Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> I attempted to install gparted using Synaptic. > >> The message received was: > >> > >> "Please insert the disk labeled: > >> Debian GNU/Linux10.0.0_Buster_-Official amd64 DVD > >> Binary-120190706-10:24 > >> in drive /media/cdrom/" > >> > >> What is the solution? > > > > As of my experience, th only solution is this: > > > > Insert the flash. > > # mkdir /media/usb0 > > # mount /dev/sdb /media/usb0 # (replace sdb with device node of your > > flash) > > # rm /media/cdrom > > # ln -s usb0 /media/cdrom > > # apt-get update > > # apt-get install gparted > > That appears to be a more rigorously correct rendition of what I > partially recalled. I remembered only the "mount" command was part of it. The essential fact is that APT always looks any disk in /media/cdrom. If you want to add another disk, it's possible, but first you have to mount it somewhere and make /media/cdrom point to that dir. The same trick you use when you are asked to insert another disk during install/upgrade packages.
