Instead of creating a copy of the image and mounting it, I like to copy the normal disk contents. In order to preserve directory structure, file permissions and modification date, I use a tar pipe with the option 'p'. For instance: # su # mkdir /home/Suse9.1/ # cd /home/SuSE9.1/ # (cd /media/dvd/; tar cf - .) | tar xpf - The parenthesis create a sub-shell. You perform the second 'cd' only inside the sub-shell, and you create the tar pipe there. The pipe continues outside the sub-shell which is back in your target directory. In Yast/Software/Change Source of Installation you add the Local Directory you created and move it up. Carlos On Thursday 15 July 2004 12:26, Creamer, Mark wrote:
I'd like to reduce the chance of damaging my original dvds, so I thought I'd copy the contents to an area on one of my hard disks and run any installs I need from there. Do I need to set up any particular file structure for that, or just basically copy everything exactly as it's set up on the dvd to a folder? Once I've done that, how does YaST know to look there instead?
Sorry about the newbieness...thanks!
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