adding new packages

[Mike Burger]

Albert DE WINT wrote:
>>>/dev/hda6/yarrow/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso: Not a directory
>>>
>>>Weird...
>>
>>Not weird, at all.  You can't mount a file from a device.  You need to 
>>actually specify the path, as it is actually mounted.  If /dev/hda6 is 
>>actually mounted at /usr/local/discs, then you want to mount 
>>/usr/local/discs/yarrow/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso.
> 
> 
> Thank you! It works. I did:
> 
> # mount -o loop,ro /mnt/mandrake/yarrow/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso /mnt/cdrom
> 
> First, I had to mount the device/partition to moint point /mnt/mandrake
> Second, I had to mount the complete path to /mnt/cdrom
> 
> Now I guess I should be able to install packages as if this mount point
> were a virual CDROM?

I love being able to help.

> Just one more little quetion: do I need to mount the ISO's 2 & 3 also?

Only if you need something from those CDs.  If what you need is on 
disc1, you can live with that.
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