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[Andrew Wilkins <andrew.wilkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have tried this on several ubuntu 14.04 machines now
the result is always the same

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Title:
  apt is unable to handle CDROMS with default mount option

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have found i am almost completely unable to use CDROM as an apt
  repository on Ubuntu 14.04

  
  I found the command apt-cdrom add by default, was unable to detect CDROMs
  it was attempting to find them in /media/cdrom/
  by default ubuntu now seems to mount cds in /media/$USER/ and this is not something set via fstab 
  i was able to get them to add with the command 
  apt-cdrom add -m --cdrom /media/$USER/

  I seem to have been able to pull the package list from the CD, but when it comes to installing from it, apt encounters a similar error
  it ask you to insert the disc in drive /media/cdrom/ again


  I also am completely unable to add cds via the software & updates
  setting manager, it always fails to find the cd, which is presumably
  part of the same issue.

  
  manually remounting with 
  sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom 
  get some things to work, but most of the actions trigger a remount which goes back to the default location


  I was finally able to get things working again properly by adding the fstab  line 
  /dev/cdrom  /media/cdrom  udf,iso9660  user,noauto,exec,utf8  0  0
  resolves the problem for me
  but this is a work around not a fix, it may break other stuff

  
  In apt conf i have tried setting 
  Acquire::cdrom::mount "file/path/";
  with various file paths, the file paths, to try and make it work with the default mount behaviour,this looked to be the right setting to change as the message changed accordingly to what i was setting, but i could not get it to work  for actually installing packages, even by setting an absolute file path for my user in the media directory.

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