Re: hall of mirrors
Some CD vendors (possibly all) make /debian a link to /. Don't ask me why.
Look in the root of the CD, You should find there what you need (On one of
my CD's I did)...
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.1
GCS/GS d- s++:- a--- C++++ UL>++++ P+ L+++ E- W+ N++>+++ o>+ k+ w--- O-
M- U- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP>+++ t(++) 5(++) X(+++) R(++) tv(--) b++(++++)
DI+ D+ G>++ e->++++ h-- r-- y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Paul Acciavatti wrote:
> I get this weird problem trying to install from the CD included in the
> book from New Riders Publishing. To wit:
>
> I mount the provided CD:
>
> mount -a /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>
> and get the root directory, as expected.. yet when I cd to /debian, I get
> the same directory when I do an ls. So then I cd to debian again... and
> again, and still get the same directory listing. I pwd, just to make sure
> I'm not being silly, but I get:
>
> /mnt/cdrom/debian/debian/debian/
>
> Just for the hell of it, I cd to debian a few more times, hoping beyond
> hope that the *.tgz file is in there somewhere.
>
> Nope. Just:
>
> /mnt/cdrom/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/
>
> What gives? Am I doing something obviously dumb, or do I just have a bum
> cd? Please let me know.
>
> zendog@aloha.net
>
>
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