On Sun, Feb 07, 2016 at 09:34:20PM +0100, [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > > Chris Bannister <[email protected]> hat am 7. Februar 2016 um > > 14:15 geschrieben: > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 11:06:56AM +0100, [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > When I put different forms of identifying the USB stick into the > > > sources.list apt says something like "there is no driver for that > > > device > > > installed" or "there is no release file" (when I put > > > file://var/lib/apt/lists directory) and does not proceed. But the > > > > Have a look at 'man sources.list' > > > > e.g. in examples it has deb file:/home/jason/debian unstable main > > contrib non-free > > note it's not 'file://' > > > > Please inform the list of your progress, I too would like to know the > > solution for future reference. > > thanks, below you'll find the results of what I have tried so far. I'm now > at the apt-cdrom utility but the first results aren't the desired ones, I > keep on trying, but just wanted to give you an answer the same day. > > I wonder why the USB stick after the installation and the reboot wasn't > recognized automatically as an apt source. He had been there during > installation. There are two similar lines in apt source (referring to the > DVD.iso) being the only difference that one ends with "contrib main" the > other one with "main contrib". These lines were added by the installer > during installation. > > I will keep you-up-to date about my attempts. I hope I'll have it resolved > soon. > > Thanks >
I think there may be a problem in reading the USB stick if you just used dd to write a DVD1 image to USB. You may be able to loop mount the USB stick as a DVD image at which point you can pick up files from inside the DVD or mount it as a source to apt-get update from. I've got one next door that I prepared earlier - I may give it a go to see what can be done :) All the best, Andyc
