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CDROM in sources.list
Posted by Utumno on Mon 19 Jan 2009 at 18:43
The last 3 months I've been helping in one of Debian's newbie forums.
Over there, I discovered a phenomenon I didn't know exist: a lot of people, upon a successful installation, don't (know they have / bother) to edit their sources.list and go on for YEARS with just the CDROM in there ( and they don't even know they should have that inserted if they want to upgrade anything )
Every day I see a couple of lost souls claiming that 'apt doesn't work', and now my standard reply is 'show your sources.list'.
This is real. Debian Installer really needs to stress the need to edit one's sources.list !!
Over there, I discovered a phenomenon I didn't know exist: a lot of people, upon a successful installation, don't (know they have / bother) to edit their sources.list and go on for YEARS with just the CDROM in there ( and they don't even know they should have that inserted if they want to upgrade anything )
Every day I see a couple of lost souls claiming that 'apt doesn't work', and now my standard reply is 'show your sources.list'.
This is real. Debian Installer really needs to stress the need to edit one's sources.list !!