Hi
I need some help.
I am using ubuntu 8.4.I have downloaded a lot of packages and saved them in a iso file using apt on cd and i have copied that iso on the usb drive.
Now my HDD got damaged and i have installed new copy of ubuntu now the problem is that in location where i am their is no fast internet connection (all are 52K dial up)so how can i use that iso file created by atponcd to get the packages installed.


In short how do i add a virtual cd-rom and install an iso in it

P.S:in windows it can be done using software like Virtual Cd,Daemon Tools or alcohol 130%

loop-mount it to some directory

I did:
mkdir /mnt/iso
lsmod | grep loop - to check for the module, because I have not built this into the kernel
modprobe loop - to insert it
mount -o loop /home/me/install-x86-minimal-2007.0-r1.iso /mnt/iso
- as a test mounted the gentoo-install.iso I still had here to /mnt/iso

and under /mnt/iso are your files

Thanks for replying but it gave me the following error

You need to be root to be able to mount like that.
putting "sudo" in front of the command should do the job if you are on Ubuntu already.

It is normal that not every user is given the right to insert modules into kernel or attach filesystems not present in the
systems configuration (fstab in this case).

It worked i typed sudo in the start of command and it worked my files are in /mnt/iso
My problem is solved but how do i tell aptoncd to look in /mnt/iso instead of my cdrom

put a line like this into /etc/fstab:
for this to work

You need to make sure that the "loop" module is loaded on boot - it could be that this is done already for you - if it is not already done, you need to add it yourself to the list of modules to load on every boot.

I don't know the exact place for this in Ubuntu - it should be in:
/etc/modules.d/
or
/etc/modules.autoload.d/

You will need to find that out yourself - should not be too hard

Don't forget to create the directory /mnt/iso