Re: Zero Length Files on the CD...

[<tko@westgac3.dragon.com>]

P. D. Tisdale writes:
> 
> I have another problem.. I have downloaded and tested all of the chunks
> that make up the Debian Binary CD.  Also have put them together as
> stated in the instructions  (yes I connected them in order).  Lastly, I
> burned the CD.  However, I'm not sure if this problem is normal for
> these CDs, but there are quite a few ZERO LENGTH FILES on the CD.  Is
> this normal or did I do something wrong??  I used EZCD Pro for Windows
> 3.1, and a 650Mb CD.  (My CD Burner is a Creative Labs 4210).

This is normal. Windows(3.x) doesn't have a clue as to how to handle
a symlink. Most likely, the zero-length files are symlinks to other parts of
the CDrom file structure. Have you tried mounting the CD under Linux and
checking it there?

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