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Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list

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On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 06:53:28PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 03:47:34PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> 
> Hi, Andrew
> 
> thanks for chiming in
> 
> > If you _really_ want to have one .iso to mount - this is where the 16G .iso
> > or the BluRay sized disks help - one image that holds a larger chunk of the 
> > whole archive.
> 
> Yes, one big .iso seems to be more comfortable than a whole bunch of
> smaller ones.
> 
> > apt-cdrom will effectively read the index(es) off the .iso of what packages 
> > there are and will cache that.
> 
> I understand that: this is the "iso sister" of apt(-get) update.
> 
> My question: it does operate on the (already mounted) .iso image, right?
> Or does it do the (loopback and) mounting on its own?
> 
No, it relies on the image to be mounted. I last did this in anger with real
CDs / DVDs. A package install  would prompt for the DVD to be phsyically 
inserted into the disk drive [/mnt/cdrom probably at that stage - physical 
drives automounted] and then read the list of packages off them. 
If you were doing a large install  e.g. Gnome / KDE, you might have to 
physically change disks (sometimes more than once) so DVD1 -> DVD2 -> 
DVD1 -> DVD3, for example.

If the DVD drive autolocked, then you might need to run an eject command in 
there. 

In practice, queuing up a few mount/umount/eject commands and then runnng 
the apt-get install commands or whatever by using an up arrow command to 
repeat wasn't a problem. DVDs loop mounted would be less of a problem, as
outlined.

> >                                 If you have multiple DVDs, it will prompt you to 
> > change them - so, actually, you could mount the DVD images in separate 
> > directories under /media as individual mount points and then run apt-cdrom 
> > to index them all with Tomas -d switch, as outlined above.
> 
> Yes, that makes sense. Perhaps dedicate one directory to each install
> medium (/media/installers/buster/cd-23 or something).
> 
> > For me - I find that a netinst - and internet bandwidth - is all that I need
> > but I recognise that that's not everyone's cup of $BEVERAGE.
> 
> ISTR that Richard's Internet connectivity isn't... stellar. Sitting behind
> a >= 4Mbit spoils us, it seems :-)
> 
> Cheers
>  - t

All best, as ever,

Andy C.

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Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-12 21:50 +0200
  Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-13 11:40 +0200
    Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 12:00 +0200
      Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-05-13 12:50 +0200
        Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-13 13:50 +0200
          Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 15:40 +0200
            Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-05-13 17:10 +0200
            Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-13 17:10 +0200
              Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 17:20 +0200
            Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-05-13 17:50 +0200
              Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 19:00 +0200
                Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-05-13 19:40 +0200
                Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-05-13 21:20 +0200
                Re: How to reference xxxdvd1.iso in sources.list <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-13 21:20 +0200

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