Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 Severity: important Since I hate clogging up the root directory of my installations, I mount all my "external" file systems under /mnt, and have this in my /etc/fstab:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user 0 0 Whereas apt-cdrom can be made to understand that by using apt-cdrom -d /mnt/cdrom add when registering the cds (without -d it fails mysteriously complaining about the cd being broken), it's impossible for apt-get to understand that the disk should indeed be mounted under /mnt/cdrom. It just keeps asking over and over for me to insert the cd into /cdrom. I have to manually add an extra /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 defaults,ro,user 0 0 line to /etc/fstab to be able to use apt-get. Apt-cdrom should understand non-default locations for cd-rom mounts (just look for iso9660 file systems or /dev/cdrom?) If that's not possible, the -d option should be recorded in the sources.list file so that apt-get can find the disk properly. I can imagine that the same problem would appear if you would have both a cd-rom and a dvd-rom in the machine (one of my other pcs have that), and try to use both cd and dvd media with the pure cd-rom drive as /cdrom. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Kernel Version: Linux tuli 2.2.20 #1 tis jan 8 18:37:14 CET 2002 i586 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-7 The GNU stdc++ library -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
