On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Zenaan Harkness <z...@freedbms.net> wrote:
> On 8/14/13, Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > >> To verify that your /etc/fstab line is correct you should mount using > >> it instead of doing all of it above. > >> > >> # umount /media/dvd-mountpoint1 > >> # mount /media/dvd-mountpoint1 > > Yes it works!! > > Great start. You should be able to do similar for second dvd. > > >> deb file:/media/dvd-mountpoint1 wheezy main contrib > >> > >> > > 2) Comment out anything else in sources.list. > >> > > > >> > > 3) Run apt-get update. > >> > >> Agreed. Try it again with the above. I just tried it on my system to > >> test it. > >> > > Did that, here is the output > > > > root@Innovator:/home/neo1691# apt-get update > > Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg > > Get:1 file: wheezy Release [18.6 kB] > > Err file: wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages > > > > Err file: wheezy/non-free amd64 Packages > > File not found > > W: Failed to fetch > > file:/media/dvd1-mountpoint/dists/wheezy/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Can you find this file? > > Well I can find the directory wheezy but inside that there are only two directories called contrib and main I guess thats the problem! > cd around into those directories, and make sure the directory that you > find the file Packages in is correct. > > Sometimes, the problem is, that you will find file Packages.gz, but no > Packages. > Or may be the other way around. I have had a problem like this in the > past, and I don't know why - but I use debmirror. > > I find debmirror pretty good - to start, I copied DVD set into one > directory. Then to an update from debian security archive (ie > "minimal") and include option --no-delete (or whatever its called). > That could be a quick way to create a reasonable single local repo. > That's what I have done (but I update every month or more at a > friend's place). > > You can use apt-cdrom to install just a few packages, like debmirror. > > In fact years ago I used to use apt-mirror (was written or maintained > by Herbert Xu I think), which is a great little toolbox for > maintaining a local mirror, create a quick-and-dirty local index etc. > Probably easier for you, but so long ago I can't remember the commands > I used any more sorry. > > And finally, for the SIMPLEST quick-and-dirty local repo: > dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null | gzip - > Packages.gz > > Then just make sure Packages.gz is found by apt - can't remember how > this would work - a flat file? - or just put it in the above location > (where you got "file not found" error). > > Hard to beat a one-line command :) > Can you please explain me more about debmirror, will it solve what I am trying to achieve here? > > Good luck > Zenaan > > > -- > 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/CAOsGNSRBSSR-72JmAgm=nnxtqpwcqx9dz6p9zmvr7mfko-v...@mail.gmail.com > > -- Regards, Anubhav Yadav
