On Sat, 06 Jun 2020 08:29:01 -0700
kdibble <ken@???> wrote:

I'm glad you got things sorted out. Several of the things you mentioned
would have frustrated me.


> 5) Started adding a couple packages and apt asked for cdrom. I assumed
> it wanted usb stick, mounted it and nope, it wants a cdrom. Go in and
> delete cdrom from apt sources and we are running again.

This was one of the things that stumped me when I was pretty new to
Linux and had tried Debian years ago.

Years ago, and the problem is still around. :( It's a minor annoyance
now, but I had no idea back then.