Re: hall of mirrors
i just re checked my debian cds to verify, thats just cuz debian is a link
to .
the real stuff is in debian/dists (or if you prefer just dists)
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 Sep 8 14:35 debian -> .
dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 Sep 3 10:00 dists
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 8192 Sep 8 14:40 doc
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 6144 Sep 8 14:40 install
dr-xr-xr-x 6 root root 2048 Sep 8 14:40 tools
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 34 Sep 8 14:35 upgrade-2.0-i386 ->
dists/stable/main/upgrade-2.0-i386
lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 36 Sep 8 14:35 upgrade-older-i386
-> dists/stable/main/upgrade-older-i386
nate
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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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