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Getting around the “Media change: please insert the disk labeled..” message in Ubuntu

By marc • May 17th, 2008

So, sometimes when you try to run “apt-get install” on Ubuntu, you may get the following message:

 

Media change: please insert the disc labeled

 'Ubuntu-Server 7.10 _Gutsy Gibbon_ - Release i386 (20071016)'

in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter

Of course this isn’t a real big problem when you are sitting right next to the computer. However, if it […]


Set a Static Ip Address in Ubuntu from Command Line

By marc • May 1st, 2008

A common task that you will need to do on a Ubuntu/Debian server is set a static IP address. By default the ip address is set through DHCP, so you will need to change that.
First edit the /etc/network/interfaces file:

 

sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

Change your file so that it looks similar to the following, but replacing the specific […]