Re: cdrom upgrade

From: Sam Watkins (swatkins_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 11/29/04

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    To: rogerwphx <rogerwphx@cox.net>
    
    

    On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 07:51:00AM +0000, rogerwphx wrote:
    > I installed debian and it boots up in bash ok, but the cdrom images are
    > .iso images. How do you upgrade the installation from bash with iso's.

    I don't quite understand - did you download the cdrom images
    but not burn them onto CDs or something?

    The best thing to do would be to burn the .isos onto CDs.

    It IS possible to get Debian to install packages directly from .iso cdrom
    images, it is not commonly done though, and not easy unless you know what
    you're doing.

    the way to do it is something like this (as root):

    modprobe loop
    cd /media
    mkdir debian-cd1 debian-cd2
    mount /home/roger/debian-cd1.iso /media/debian-cd1 -o loop
    mount /home/roger/debian-cd2.iso /media/debian-cd2 -o loop

    and add lines something like this to /etc/apt/sources.list:

    deb file:/media/debian-cd1/debian sarge main contrib non-free
    deb file:/media/debian-cd2/debian sarge main contrib non-free

      I'm not sure about this bit, I don't have any debian CDs or images
      lying around to check!

    and then install packages using apt-get or aptitude or whatever

    If you plan to do this often, you would want to update /etc/fstab
    to mount the isos on boot.

    Sam

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