hi manuel,
danny is right, this is an error on our part. the windows installer
will be redone in a future build. for now, don't use it.
Danny Crawford wrote:
> Windows 9x does not support sym links so this is an error on the developers
> of this distroubtion.
> Windows 2000 does have some type of symbolic link support but not 9x or ME
> clients.
>
>
>
> I don't know how to fix this type of problem on a CDROM but if it's on a
> hard dirve then you could try copying the real lfiles on top of the link and
> see if it does away with the link and uses the real file. You may need to rm
> the link firest then copy the real file to the exact folder the link was in.
> Do that for all links :)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manuel Garcia-Duque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 5:45 PM
> Subject: [rl-users] Windows Installer and links...
>
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I just downloaded RL (build 31 and the md5sums match) burned it using
>
> Nero,
>
>> everything seems fine except for a little detail: there are some 0k files
>> that windows does not recognize, i cheked in a linux box and they are sym
>> links to real folders but windows does not "see" the links. This is a
>> problem because in the batch files for windows installation there are
>> refernces to files trough these links that windows does not see!!! (so
>> windows can't find these files under that path, the files are there but
>
> the
>
>> link is not working)... I don't know if that's because i burned the iso
>> image from a Windows machine or why is that, is there any way to make
>> windows "see" sym links in a iso 9660 file system????? Is it MY problem or
>> is a problem with the distro????? Any help would be appreciated!!!!!
>> And, why does teh distro has those links? do they serve any special
>> purpose????
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanx
>>
>> Manuel G.
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thanks!
joe
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