CD Repository for Synaptic

[rellik]

you may consider adding a symlink "/cdrom -> /dev/hdc"...  there are
programs out there (ie synaptic) that will expect your CD drive to be
at /cdrom and adding the link will save you from having to change each
program's settings explicitly.  

patrick
On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 09:38 -0500, Matthew S-H wrote:
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> OK.  I hope I'm not tiring you guys out with all my questions.  And I
> rly appreciate all the help.  Anyway....:
> 
> I had been looking thru my repositories in the "Settings >
> Repositories" menu of Synaptic.  I had accidentally deleted the
> repository that was on the install CD.
> Now, heres my prob:
> When I go to "Edit > Add CD-ROM... > OK"  It gives me a message saying
> "Unable to stat the mount point /cdrom/ - stat (2 No such file or
> directory)".  I assume this is because I don't have my 2 CD drives
> mounting in "/cdrom/".  Instead, I had modified "/etc/fstab" so that
> my DVD player and CD burner mounted in "/mnt/hdc/" and "/mnt/hdd/"
> respectively.  I chose these names because I wanted all of my mounts
> (besides my "/" mount) to go at "/mnt/" in a folder that was the same
> as their device id.  For example, my DVD player is "/dev/hdc/" and my
> CD burner is "/dev/hdd/".
> Is there any way to get Synaptic to recognize these mount points so I
> can add a repository from the CD?  I don't want to have to try to move
> it all back to "/cdrom/" (and I don't remember the exact directory
> structure of "/cdrom/").
> 
> ~Matt