[ubuntu-za] Using a CD as the sole repository

Phillip Pare ptpare at lantic.net
Sat Jan 31 09:36:43 GMT 2009


When I try and update the package list from an Ubuntu 8.04 CD alone 
without using the online repositories get the following messages. This 
is even after I have used synaptic to made the CD-ROM recognizeable by APT.

Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 
(20080423)]/dists/hardy/main/binary-i386/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
Failed to fetch cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.04 _Hardy Heron_ - Release i386 
(20080423)]/dists/hardy/restricted/binary-i386/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
Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones 
used instead.

When I tree and use sudo apt-cdrom add from the command line I still get 
an error:
phillip at phillip-desktop:~$ sudo apt-cdrom add
Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/
Unmounting CD-ROM
Waiting for disc...
Please insert a Disc in the drive and press enter
Mounting CD-ROM...
E: Failed to mount the cdrom.
phillip at phillip-desktop:~$



My fstab file is as follows:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/sda5
UUID=9f8cfeba-ce71-44b7-9243-0c1d7901f626 /               ext3    
relatime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/sda6
UUID=54b02795-4ebf-479e-ba3a-8ff4779ef544 none            swap    
sw              0       0
# /dev/scd0       /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 
0       0

I did check the integrity of the disk from the opening menu and there 
was not a problem.

Does anybody have any suggestions as to how I should now proceed?

Thank you.

Regards

Phillip






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