[Bdi4emc-help] Updating to BDI 4.50 with Synaptic

[Paul]

On Saturday 12 August 2006 20:04, Craigg Gadd wrote:
> 1.  Burn the .iso image with BDI 4.50.
> 2.  Launched Synaptic on my linux system.
> 3.  Synaptic prompts me for a root password which allows me to log in.
> 4.  I think what I want to do next is to use the "Edit" pull down menu and
> "Add CD-ROM".  

Those are indeed the steps to take.

> When I do this however I get an error message that says:
>
> "E: Unable to locate any package files.  Perhaps this is not an APT enabled
> disc".  The CD-Rom seems to be accessed while this happens so I think my
> hardware is functioning as it should.

One of three possible problems -

 1) The ISO download was corrupt - Check the md5sum of the download with
	`md5sum bdi-4.50.iso` It should be: 46264f5125a81ed34a2a6260ad136067

 2) The burner corrupted the data - Boot from the CD, and at the very first 
boot screen, type in "linux mediacheck" - This will run a test and report 
back with a pass or fail.

 3) You burnt the CD as one large file rather than as an ISO. Quite a common 
error if you used a Windows box.

Should point out that the updated packages are all available from Debian or 
our repository at bdi4emc.ourproject/debian - Synaptic has a filter to show 
which installed packages are upgradeable..


Regards, Paul.