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[Jude DaShiell]

If no repository is found in /etc/apt/sources.list the user has a dead 
system which cannot update following this advice.  I suspect no mirror got 
selected when installation was done so no mirror is likely to be found in 
/etc/apt/sources.list.



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On Fri, 17 Apr 2015, Willem van der Walt wrote:

> Not sure about question one, but edit /etc/apt/sources.list and comment out 
> the deb lines refering to the cd.
> Then do apt-get update.
> I based the advice on debian in general, maybe you did that and it did not 
> work. I have not used that version specifically.
> HTH, Willem
>
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2015, John J. Boyer wrote:
>
>> Sorry to bother the general list, but I need to get my new Jessie
>> installation working properly, so as to continue my real work. Could
>> someone contact me offline? Thanks.
>> 
>> Problems:
>> 
>> msmtp version 4.1.32 will not send mail. Version 4.1.26 on an older
>> system works.
>> 
>> apt-get install keeps asking for cdroms. How do I tell it to use the
>> correct mirrors online?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John
>> 
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