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Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How?

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On 06/01/2019 07:08 PM, mick crane wrote:
> On 2019-05-31 13:20, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> With the first DVD of Debian 9.8.0 I did:
>>    dd if=/dev/cdrom of=dvd.iso bs=4M
>> I edited sources.list to read
>>    deb file:///home/richard/dvd.iso stretch main contrib trusted=yes
>>
>> When running Synaptic's
>>     Edit->Reload Package Information
>> I receive an error message:
>>> The repository 'file:/home/richard/dvd.iso stretch Release'
>>> does not have a Release file.
>>
>> What is the problem?
>> TIA
> 
> I'm going to get in trouble for this but if I could offer advice.
> You seem more interested in the actual install process than getting it 
> running and doing something with it.

Close ;}
Debian can do every real-world task I've tried.

> Fair enough, it is like a hobby,
> When came across this stuff I was the same, installed whatever 
> distribution on awkward hardware just to see.
> But I had no idea what I was doing.

My 'hobby' might be described as "Why does Debian do things the way
it does?"

> There is so much to know and if you have a memory like a sieve like me 
> it is really hard to grasp how it all works.
> These days I accept the default installation and that which is needed to 
> do bits of image manipulation and I really like having the email and 
> webserver software and that's it.
> 
> cheers
> 
> mick
> 
> 

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Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 14:30 +0200
  Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-31 14:40 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-01 11:40 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-01 17:40 +0200
        Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-01 21:10 +0200
          Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-01 22:00 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-02 13:20 +0200
              Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-06-02 13:50 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-02 14:10 +0200
              Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2019-06-03 14:40 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-03 16:10 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-03 17:20 +0200
          Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-02 19:30 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-06-03 10:30 +0200
  Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-05-31 14:40 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 15:20 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 15:40 +0200
        Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-05-31 16:00 +0200
          Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-05-31 16:10 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2019-05-31 20:40 +0200
              Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-01 16:20 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2019-06-02 00:20 +0200
                Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-02 12:50 +0200
            Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-31 21:10 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2019-05-31 15:40 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2019-05-31 21:20 +0200
  Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-06-02 02:10 +0200
    Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-02 13:50 +0200
      Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2019-06-03 07:10 +0200
        Re: Using ISO image of installer DVD as repository - How? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2019-06-03 14:00 +0200

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