[Bug 277873] Re: cdrom upgrade requires absolute path

[BryanFRitt]

Guess I could have spoke too soon... (got a little further but...)
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Failed to add the CD

There was a error adding the CD, the upgrade will abort. Please report
this as a bug if this is a valid Ubuntu CD.

The error message was:
'Unable to locate any package files, perhaps this is not a Ubuntu Disc or the wrong architecture?'
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tried again a slightly different way...
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Failed to add the CD

There was a error adding the CD, the upgrade will abort. Please report
this as a bug if this is a valid Ubuntu CD.

The error message was:
'E:Failed to mount the cdrom.'
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Title:
  cdrom upgrade requires absolute path

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If you attempt to execute the script straight off the alternate cdrom, it fails with the error message:
  [quote]
  tar: ./dists/stable/main/dist-upgrader/binary-all//intrepid.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
  tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
  tar: Child returned status 2
  tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
  Could not find the upgrade application in the archive, exiting
  [/quote]

  This can easily be fixed by copying the file onto the hard-drive, and
  removing the final slash from the "dists/stable/main/dist-upgrade
  /binary-all/" line (so it reads "dists/stable/main/dist-upgrade
  /binary-all").  Then set the cddirname variable (the following line)
  to point to the location of the cdrom drive

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