Dapper upgrade: Couldn't stat source package list cdrom

[Tom Vawter]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 05:44:26 -0500
> Tom Vawter <tvawter at austincc.edu> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>   
>> Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 6.06 _Dapper Drake_ - Release powerpc
>> (20051012)]/dists/dapper/main/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz  Please use
>> apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot
>> be used to add new CD-ROMs
>> I am not sure about using "apt-cdrom".  Can anyone please tell me what I
>> need to do to finish the upgrade?
>>     
>
> Looks like you originally installed from the breezy CD and used the
> updater, which changed the CD designation from breezy to dapper
>
> (1) If you don't have a 6.06 CD around, then just open the sources file
> thus:
>
>  gksudo "gedit /etc/apt/sources.list"
>
> and either remove the CD ROM entry at the top of that file, or simply
> comment it out by puting a # mark at the beginning of that line.
>
> Then run 
>
> sudo apt-get update
>
> and you should be OK to install things, or in your case to finish your
> upgrade with
>
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
>
> If that spits out errors, try running
>
> sudo apt-get -f install 
>
> You might need to repeat those last two if the system has become confused
> by the interruption.
>
> (2) Alternatively, if you have an up-to-date 6.06 LTS CD ( "final", June
> 1st copy, not beta or rc) , comment out or remove the line as described
> above, then you can type
>
> sudo apt-cdrom add
>
> and the system will prompt you to insert the new CD, scan it and add it to
> your sources.
>
> If you have a decent Internet connection, I suggest the first strategy of
> getting rid of your CD line in the sources.list file as above at (1) .
>
> In either case it's important to do the "sudo apt-get update" step so as to
> let the system know you have changed the list of available software. then
> you can proceed with "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
>
> Peter 
>
>
>
>  -- 
>
>
> "Hyperlinks subvert hierarchy."
>
> -The Cluetrain Manifesto
>
>   
Peter, I do thank you for your input. I just wish I had read your email 
before I tried to reboot. The confused sytem would not boot, so I have 
installed Dapper from cd. Now, I have to rebuild what I had.

Thanks again
Tom