-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 10 July 2003 09:59, Globe Trotter wrote: > How do I install a package from the CD (CD 1) using command line? > > Thanks and best wishes! > If I have a large drive, I "dd" the CDs to the hard drive. # cd /usr/src # mkdir ISO # cd ISO <insert CD 1> # dd if=/dev/cdrom of=CD-1.iso <wait till it is done, then insert CD 2> # dd if=/dev/cdrom of=CD-2.iso <and so on for all the CDs.> Next, I mount the ISOs from the hard drive. # mkdir CD-1 # mount -o loop CD-1.iso CD-1 <same for CD 2 and so on> Now, I don't have to use the CD-ROMs anymore. I can access them from the hard drive in the CD-1, CD-2, and more directories. I noticed that CD-ROM is usually much slower than hard disk, so this saves a lot of time when I am looking for an RPM that I don't know which disk it is on. - -- Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (was jgardn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) Live Free, Use Linux! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/DthPWgwF3QvpWNwRApB6AKCSLidWh6DE/utIv7XacYabec3XoACfQJlZ w3HZ0JlhTtlKFS9PefC6omc= =7z+r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
