how to add USB drive to Update manager

[Md Ashickur Rahman Noor]

it will not work. You have to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file. Like

deb file:/root debs/

in /root here will be your location where you have copy the disk content.

For more info APT How to
<http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-basico.en.html>

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Tapas Mishra <mightydreams at gmail.com>wrote:

> I want to upgrade 11.04 to 11.10 I have downloaded alternate ISO on a USB.
> In update manager GUI---> Add volume while USB is inserted and I click
> add volume I get
> Please insert a disk in drive.
> Why is there a default assumption that some one will Upgrade from a CDROM
> only.
> Can't it be a USB (in my case) and then I get an error
> Error scanning the CD
> E:Unable to stat the mount point /media/cdrom/ -stat( 2: No such file
> or directory), E:Unable to stat the mount point /media/cdrom -stat (2:
>  No such file or directory),
> E: failed to mount the CDROM.
>
> and then I can not proceed.
> I have alternate ISO of 11.10 on a USB stick and want to upgrade from
> the USB is it possible?
>
>
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