Caesura,
Also make sure you have the cdrom mounted:
mount /mnt/cdrom
Glen
Glen Lee Edwards
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"Linux, giving you the freedom to make the choice."
On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Tom Taylor wrote:
> At 09:13 PM 6/22/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >>>>
> I have gone to glint in X to install some packages, but it says that I
> don't have any RPMs on the CD-ROM I am trying to install. The path is
> correct (/mnt/cdrom/Redhat/Rpms) but it still does not recognize the RPMs.
> I have tried this with 4 different cds with RPMs on them and have changed
> the path to the places where the RPMs should be.
> The only thing I think I might have done to affect this is that in Windows,
> I have opened the RPMS folder before and (once accidentally) had Windows
> read all .rpm files as Adobe Acrobat files. The .rpm files will not open
> in Adobe, but the computer still considers them to be Adobe files. I just
> tried to change this by creating the type .rpm as having no actions to be
> taken (not open Adobe). Glint still does not read the RPM files.
> Any ideas on how to get glint to read my RPMs? Will the things I did in
> Windows affect glint's reading of my RPMs?
>
> <<<<
>
> Hi Caesura:
> First, if at all possible, set your outlook express to not send styled
> text. Some mail readers don't display it well. I realize this may not be
> possible if your on a company network and your administrator is anything
> like me!.
> Second, realize that linux is "CASE SENSITIVE". That means the following
> two locations are NOT the same:
> /mnt/cdrom/Redhat/Rpms
> /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS *** note different capitalization ***
> If your coming from a windoze wierd (I mean world) and are used to the DOS
> way of any old upper or lower case works, it can take a while to readjust.
> Trying to read a CD-ROM file with Acrobat will not alter the file as CD's
> are read only (assuming it is an original, not a CD-RW).
>
> Good luck,
> Tom
>
>
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