Updating to BDI 4.50 with Synaptic
Hello Paul: I'm trying to update BDI 4.38 to the 4.50 version and am having difficulty. I'm attempting to avoid the format and reinstall method since its time consuming and am trying Synaptic. Being completely unfamiliar with Linux (but willing to learn) I've done the following: 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". 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. I'm wondering if I am doing something fundamentally incorrect or I perhaps have the wrong file burned to allow Synaptic to upgrade. Any ideas? Thanks, Craig
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.
On Saturday 12 August 2006 22:19, Paul wrote:
our repository at bdi4emc.ourproject/debian
That should be http://bdi4emc.ourproject.org/debian/ Regards, Paul.
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