Re: "apt-cdrom add" using an ISO image

On 10/19/07, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe <tshepang@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/20/07, Douglas A. Tutty <dtutty@porchlight.ca> wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:57:28AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 07:35:07AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to loop-mount an ISO image and do an "apt-cdrom add" from it.
> > > > I looked around and couldn't find the option. Is it possible?
> > >
> > > From the manpages I think this should to the trick (untested)
> > >
> > > mount /my/image.iso /mountpoint -oloop
> > > apt-cdrom -d=/mountpoint add
> > >
> > > And /mountpoint must be listed in fstab.
> > >
> >
> > For this, I would suggest creating a dedicated mount point and puting
> > the whole thing in fstab. This way, aptitude can have apt mount the CD
> > without any further intervention from you.
>
>
> The relevant fstab line looks like this:
>
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> /home/wena/aptoncd.iso /home/wena/soka iso9660 user,loop 0 0
>
> With this I'm able to add the contents to sources.list with:
>
> apt-cdrom -m -d=/home/wena/soka add
>
> But then later apt keeps asking me to insert the disk inside as if it
> does not notice that the image is already mounted. How can I let it
> install from a mounted image? This is what the relevant line in
> sources.list file looks like:
>
> deb cdrom:[APTonCD for - i386 (2007-10-17 13:19) DVD1]/ /

searching through the archives I got this to work by putting ff in my apt.conf:

Acquire::cdrom::mount "/home/wena/soka"; APT::CDROM::NoMount;

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