Hi,
I am using openSUSE 11.0. I wish to add the 11.0 installation dvd as
a repo in addition to updates, packman, oss and non-oss. But as i go
through yast > software repositories > add > dvd, i get the error:> Unable to save changes to the repository
> configuration:
> Details:
> Repository: Valid metadata not found at specified URL(s)
> History:
> - Can’t copy /var/adm/mount/AP_0x00000007/media: 1/media to
> /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryjrPDq0
> - Can’t provide media: 1/media : Can’t copy
> /var/adm/mount/AP_0x00000007/media: 1/media to
> /var/cache/zypp/raw/RepositoryjrPDq0
>
> Try again?Even if i try to edit this dvd repo, it keeps showing CD-ROM instead of
DVD-ROM.
I need the installation dvd as i wish to add kde 3.5 packages; and i do
not have unlimited net facilities.
Why not add it from YaST? If you don’t have a GUI, you can still use the
ncurses YaST. Software > Software Repositories, Add then select DVD, or
Local ISO image, if you have that.
I’m sure there is a correct zypper syntax but you can see what it is
after you have used YaST to add the repository, for future reference.
Both of you are right. I had not given an alias to the repo and so
zypper was not able to add the dvd repo. And i was not able to add the
dvd through the gui as the dvd was faulty. But how could you be so
confident so as to say that the dvd was faulty and that there was no
problem with yast? I mean i thought that in such kind of problems one
also supposes that there might be a bug…:\
samrat rao wrote:
> Hi,
> I am using openSUSE 11.0. I wish to add the 11.0 installation dvd as
> a repo in addition to updates, packman, oss and non-oss. But as i go
> through yast > software repositories > add > dvd, i get the error:> Unable to save changes to the repository
>> configuration:
…]
>
> I need the installation dvd as i wish to add kde 3.5 packages; and i do
> not have unlimited net facilities.
>
>
If you have a enough space on the hard disk, you may want copy an image
to it and free the optical drive.
samrat_rao;1927371 Wrote:
> Both of you are right. I had not given an alias to the repo and so
> zypper was not able to add the dvd repo. And i was not able to add the
> dvd through the gui as the dvd was faulty. But how could you be so
> confident so as to say that the dvd was faulty and that there was no
> problem with yast? I mean i thought that in such kind of problems one
> also supposes that there might be a bug…:\
Because adding the DVD as a “repo” is one of the first things the
installer does when you do an install from DVD. Since thousands of
people must have successfully installed from DVD, including myself,
there isn’t anything wrong with YaST. Those error messages suggest that
the DVD could not be read and knowing how unreliable DVD±Rs can be, the
conclusion was in favour of a bad DVD.