installing packages from iso file
Hello! I installed Debian Etch on a PC box with netinstall CD. Now I want to remove CD driver from this box. But I want before that to copy the netisntall.iso file to HDD on that box. So, when I have removed the CD drive, I want that, that apt can use this iso file to install some packages. How can I do that? I try Google, but cant find a solution. I think I must first to mount these netinstall.iso with loop device: mount -o loop -t iso9660 netinstall.iso /mnt/iso but this is not the right way because I want to automate this, so I think I must edit fstab for this issue: /dev/lo /media/cdrom0 iso9660 loop0 0 Then I must run 'apt-cdrom add', so I run it: LANG=en_EN sudo apt-cdrom add Success! Well, I think I find a solution, but what do you think, am I right? -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing packages from iso file
On Jan 21, 2008 10:00 AM, Paul Csanyi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I installed Debian Etch on a PC box with netinstall CD. Now I want to remove CD driver from this box. But I want before that to copy the netisntall.iso file to HDD on that box. So, when I have removed the CD drive, I want that, that apt can use this iso file to install some packages. How can I do that? I try Google, but cant find a solution. I think I must first to mount these netinstall.iso with loop device: mount -o loop -t iso9660 netinstall.iso /mnt/iso but this is not the right way because I want to automate this, so I think I must edit fstab for this issue: /dev/lo /media/cdrom0 iso9660 loop0 0 Then I must run 'apt-cdrom add', so I run it: LANG=en_EN sudo apt-cdrom add Success! Well, I think I find a solution, but what do you think, am I right? Sure, that will work fine. But if you used netinst, you must have a network connection, so why do you need to get packages from the cd? Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installing packages from iso file
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 07:00:27PM +0100, Paul Csanyi wrote: Hello! I installed Debian Etch on a PC box with netinstall CD. Now I want to remove CD driver from this box. But I want before that to copy the netisntall.iso file to HDD on that box. So, when I have removed the CD drive, I want that, that apt can use this iso file to install some packages. How can I do that? I try Google, but cant find a solution. I think I must first to mount these netinstall.iso with loop device: mount -o loop -t iso9660 netinstall.iso /mnt/iso but this is not the right way because I want to automate this, so I think I must edit fstab for this issue: /dev/lo /media/cdrom0 iso9660 loop0 0 Then I must run 'apt-cdrom add', so I run it: LANG=en_EN sudo apt-cdrom add Success! Well, I think I find a solution, but what do you think, am I right? It will probably be cheaper and simpler to just copy all the pool/ and dist/ from the CD to a directory on your disk and use it as an apt source. Again - if you actually need to install anything from there. -- Tzafrir Cohen | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il || a Mutt's [EMAIL PROTECTED] || best ICQ# 16849754 || friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
