From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rhirst.linuxcare.com (pc2-hems4-0-cust95.bre.cable.ntl.com [213.107.176.95]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C028482A for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 01:31:11 -0600 (MDT) Received: by rhirst.linuxcare.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 00683B00C; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:30:32 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:30:32 +0100 From: Richard Hirst To: Christoph Plattner Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Problem in palinux-0.9.1 image with directory "debian" !! Message-ID: <20010705083032.J23509@linuxcare.com> References: <3B441232.44A2B63B@alcatel.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <3B441232.44A2B63B@alcatel.at>; from christoph.plattner@alcatel.at on Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 09:07:30AM +0200 List-ID: On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 09:07:30AM +0200, Christoph Plattner wrote: > I have a problem with the iso image. I have loop back mounted > it on my linux box, and I wanted to tar (copy) it to a location > (NFSROOT) to try a media less installation via rboot/bootp. > > But the copy was not possible, as the directory debian > contains recursively the contents of the whole CD !! > > Is this correct ! No, it isn't correct. debian should be a symbolic link to '.'. I guess at some problem with the mkisofs options. I've notified the guys that made it, and hopefully they will remaster without that problem soon. I also had problems trying a CD based install for the same reason. In your case, try just taring up the dist directory, or telling tar to ignore debian. There may be workarounds for CD based installs, but I havn't fully investigated yet. Richard