From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" To: Rui-Tao Dong , cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: Cygwin running from CD and symlinks Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2000 13:09:00 -0000 Message-id: <4.3.1.2.20001002160449.01c35358@pop.ma.ultranet.com> References: <82r95zko7z.fsf@dong.NEWP_IRVINE> X-SW-Source: 2000-10/msg00042.html At 04:00 PM 10/2/2000, Rui-Tao Dong wrote: >I am trying do the following. I would like to put the Cygwin tree >together with XFree86, XEmacs and Xvnc (which I use as an Xserver) on >a CD. I can pop it into a windows machine (issue a few mount commands >if necessary) and get an instant Unix environment. However, I have >problem with symlinks. Cygwin 1.14 doesn't seem to understand >symbolic links on a CD I made with mkisofs -J -L -r on a Linux Box, >while 1.12 works fine. > >-- > >Rui-Tao Dong ~{6-HpLN~} , Mission Viejo, California Sorry but this isn't enough information to help you determine why this is the case. However, if you edit the symlink file itself in notepad or some editor that doesn't grok Cygwin, you'll see the symlink you created and this may help you determine why you don't see what you expect to see. Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com