Kylotan Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Simply put, I installed Mandrake 9.2 from a DVD, but when I try to add new packages, it prompts me to insert the disc into the CDROM drive. Obviously this will never work. :) How can I change it to look in the correct place? I assume this is part of rpm or urpmi's setup somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 have you tried it? My dvd player is also called cdrom. That's normal, and normally /dev/hdc. In a terminal do; file /dev/cdrom and file /dev/hdc and see if they lead to the same end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylotan Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear; I have 2 drives, the first is a cd-rom, the 2nd is a dvd-rom. It is waiting for me to put the disk in the first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 (edited) why did you use a DVD for the ISO's? ok....moot point. here's what i'd do.......... if i'm understanding correctly, MCC is looking for a CD in your CDROM, but you need to use the DVD player instead. so........... go to MCC (Mandrake Control Center)->software media manager. try the easier method first. this should work. if it doesn't then try method 2, to follow........... first, insert MDK CD1 in your DVD player, mount it (unless you have supermount enabled, then ignore that). select your CD1 source in MCC, then select "edit". at URL: it should say "removable://mnt/cdrom". change that to say "removable://mnt/dvdrom" (or whatever your DVD is called under /mnt) (also, no quotes "" surrounding the words) click "save changes" & it should rebuild your hdlist from the new source location. unmount the DVD, insert another & follow the same procedure for each additional DVD. when they're all done, click "ok". you should be good to go. if not, then do the following.......... again, in MCC->software media manager, select each CD source & click "remove". once they're all gone, insert the DVD, mount it if neccessary, click "add". choose "local files" as type of medium, give the source a name where it says "name" (you can put anything there, but try to keep it simple, like MDK CD1, CD2, etc.), and then follow the rest of the instructions i listed above for each additional DVD. hope that helps.......... Chris Edited March 27, 2004 by chris z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris z Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 just had another thought........... do you have a cd burner? if so, just reburn the ISO's on to CD's, then you won't have to change anything in MCC. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylotan Posted March 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 I didn't burn and in fact don't own the ISOs; the distro came on a DVD that was free with a magazine. I was able to change things as you suggested (once I found Mandrake Control Center! There's no entry for it installed by that name on my menu, unlike in 9.0) and now I can install packages, although it does complain of a bad signature for everything from the dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted March 27, 2004 Report Share Posted March 27, 2004 no, I'd say you had it rt the first time. Kylotan needs to edit the media and save the changes. When you click save make sure the cd for the media you're editing is in the drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aRTee Posted April 2, 2004 Report Share Posted April 2, 2004 Ehm, guys, the much easier way is to adapt the file: /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg to point to the correct device. I'm not sure what it looks like since I messed with mine to install from my hd (where I have mounted my iso images then point to them - see my website, configuration page).... but it should be something like: /mnt/cdrom which you will have to change to /mnt/cdrom2 ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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