Adding an entry to apt-get-sources.list

[boscy_zog]

After su,

what is the procedure for adding a line to the sources.list file?? can't seem to find this and it is normally read only,
Thanx all

[CipherUC]

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

then add one source per line.

[bigtomrodney]

The read only part comes from you accessing it as a normal user. You need to edit it as root.

su -
##enter root password when prompted
nano /etc/apt/sources.list

[boscy_zog]

Thanx Cipher, Rodney - I guess nano is an editor?? Will try later not on target machine at the moment. I have etch
Cheers
BZ

[Linux_tech]

Making a backup copy of the sources.list is also recommended
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
Better yet if you havn't already done so, copy of all of your commonly edited system files to a new folder

sudo mkdir /etc/orig_files

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/orig_files
sudo cp /etc/sudoers /etc/orig_files
sudo cp /boot/grub/menu.lst /etc/orig_files
sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/orig_files
sudo cp /etc/hdparm.conf /etc/orig_files
sudo cp /etc/ssh/ssh_config /etc/orig_files
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/orig_files

[boscy_zog]

Many Thanks LT,
Another one for the notebook, is there also a simplified method of creating a boot floppy/CD??

[Linux_tech]

I'd recommend Super Grub Disk -
Super Grub Disk Webpage

Also useful is ubuntu-rescue-remix-
Ubuntu Rescue Remix | The Rescue Remix provides a Free-Libre Open-Source data recovery software toolkit based on Ubuntu