> > > > > > Another possibility might be to do something like this:- > > > > > > Put the Gentoo source files CD in the drive. > > > > > > mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > > cd /usr/portage/distfiles > > > ln -s /mnt/cdrom . > > > > > > we now have a writable directory with hundred of links to the > > > readonly files on the CD but any new downloaded files can be > > > written in the normal way. > > > > now surely when you try to write something to /usr/portage/distfiles > > it will try to write to /mnt/cdrom?????? > > Oh yes, what I really mean is:- > > ln -s /mnt/cdrom/* . > > because we want to link the files not the directory.
aaahhhh grasshopper, i see now, not a bad idea at all. > > Silly me! > > -- > C. S. > > --
