I am doing everything from the desktop, I am way to new to try anything else. From Nautilus right click copy, go to a new directory, right click paste. files go in but 0 bytes. I changed from Gnome to Windowmaker and it worked fine. -Jeff
On 27 Jan 2002, you wrote: > You aren't copying it correctly! > > You should be doing something like 'cp /mnt/cdrom/afile.txt > ~/afile.txt'. > > > Are you doing this copy from the command line or the desktop. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 7:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [newbie] copying files from cd > > > > Hi. I am really new to the Linux experience and just had a basic > > question. When I try to copy a file from a cd to my hard drive it > > copies over fine but shows up as a file with 0 bytes, and can not be > > opened. Wondering what I am doing wrong. -Jeff
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