[ILUG] apt-cdrom q

[Paul J Collins]

>>>>> "SS" == Stephen Shirley <diamond at skynet.ie> writes:

    SS> Mornin', Well I bit the bullet this morning and installed
    SS> debian, and I must say, so for I like it. Anyway, I wanted to
    SS> change the cdrom mount point from being /cdrom to
    SS> /mnt/cdrom. I changed the fstab fine, but ym problem is that
    SS> apt still expects to find the cdrom at /cdrom. I've looked in
    SS> all the config file i can find, but no where does it seem to
    SS> reference /cdrom. any pointers?

Adding :

    Acquire::cdrom::mount "/mnt/cdrom";

to /etc/apt/apt.conf should do it.  I have't tried this, mind you.

In general, where you see a mention in a manpage of a "Configuration
Item", it is entries such as the above that are being described.  See
apt.conf(5) for more.  Each apt utility's configuration items are
described in its individual manpage: apt-cdrom(8) in this case.

The reason Debian uses /cdrom is that the FHS, which Debian tries to
adhere to, specifies that /mnt itself is to be used as a mount point.

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