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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