Some CD vendors (possibly all) make /debian a link to /. Don't ask me why. Look in the root of the CD, You should find there what you need (On one of my CD's I did)...
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GCS/GS d- s++:- a--- C++++ UL>++++ P+ L+++ E- W+ N++>+++ o>+ k+ w--- O- M- U- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP>+++ t(++) 5(++) X(+++) R(++) tv(--) b++(++++) DI+ D+ G>++ e->++++ h-- r-- y-- ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Paul Acciavatti wrote: > I get this weird problem trying to install from the CD included in the > book from New Riders Publishing. To wit: > > I mount the provided CD: > > mount -a /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom > > and get the root directory, as expected.. yet when I cd to /debian, I get > the same directory when I do an ls. So then I cd to debian again... and > again, and still get the same directory listing. I pwd, just to make sure > I'm not being silly, but I get: > > /mnt/cdrom/debian/debian/debian/ > > Just for the hell of it, I cd to debian a few more times, hoping beyond > hope that the *.tgz file is in there somewhere. > > Nope. Just: > > /mnt/cdrom/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/debian/ > > What gives? Am I doing something obviously dumb, or do I just have a bum > cd? Please let me know. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >