lost cd/dvd

[James Takac]

On Saturday 28 July 2007 17:49:47 Les Gray wrote:
> On Saturday 28 July 2007 13:46:35 Dale wrote:
> > Hi James,
> >
> > Have you had a look to see if there is an entry in the /etc/fstab file
> > for the cd/dvd rom?
> >
> > you should see something like this:
> > <quote>
> > /dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
> > </quote>
>
> <snip>
>
> > > this is getting annoying at the moment as when I try to dload anything
> > > via synaptic package manager it's asking for my install disk. And since
> > > it no longer is able to read it, it fails to dload anything from the
> > > repositories which means I can't even get libc6-dev in order to install
> > > the nvidia driver
> > >
> > > any ideas?
>
> You should also comment out the CD/DVD section in your
> /etc/apt/sources.list if you don't use it . You're being asked for it
> because it's still there, and by default apt prioritises local software
> sources over remote ones.
>
> Also, you shouldn't need libc6-dev to install the nvidia driver. It won't
> harm your system if you do install it, it's just that it's not necessary to
> do so.

Hi Les

Did that. Got the repos working whilst the cd/dvd was non functional. I'm 
gonna go back to a 32 bit version of Ubuntu for that laptop so I downloaded 
the alternate disc and also a live cd of gparted. In fact installing right 
now