On 1/18/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > am having difficulty getting synaptic to add cdrom and dvd rom > > machine is a Lenovo laptop with DVD / CD combo > am currently running Ubuntu 6.06 > > every time i say add cd rom it returns the following message > > *Error* > The following problems were found on your system: > > E: Failed to mount the cdrom. > > - the cd and dvd work otherwise - > > In the repositories the cd rom options are ticked on > > Have also tried the apt-cdrom option but that too does not work > > any idea what the problem is and the solution.
I have no idea what the problem is. But I suggest something different. 1. Create an ISO image of your Ubuntu CD or DVD on hard disk. 2. Mount it under /media/ubuntucd or /media/ubuntudvd and then add following line to /etc/apt/sources.list deb file:///media/ubuntucd/ main restricted Hope this helps. Onkar -- Passion - Some people climb mountains - others write Free software. Don't ask why - the reason is the same. -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
