Re: Strange encoding official CD from Linuxpress

On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ snip ] : The permissions are whacked! And the file README is a symlink to something, : yet it appears to be an executable. All symlinks had this "feature", making : upgrading a potential disaster. : : The source CD had the same problem, but the

Re: Strange encoding official CD from Linuxpress

> [root]:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom > mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protected, mounting read-only This is entirely correct. CDROMS are write-protected by definition (unless you have a burner) > [root]:~# ls -l /cdrom/ > total 14 > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 263 Jul 24

Strange encoding official CD from Linuxpress

Hi all, I shelled out good money (Swedish) to purchase the official 2.0 distribution from Linuxpress. However, as soon as I mounted the CD to begin the upgrade, strange things appeared when I did this: [root]:~# mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdb /cdrom mount: block device /dev/hdb is write-protected, mou