[Info-vax] VMS v8.4 Documentation CDROM bugs

hb end.of at inter.net
Wed May 6 15:45:56 EDT 2015


On 05/06/2015 09:32 PM, Alan Frisbie wrote:
> The problem does not show up if you are reading directly from
> the CDROM on Linux, because the file system for CDs forces
> case insensitivity.   It only shows up if you copy the CD to
> your hard drive for performance or convenience purposes.

How did you "copy the CD"?

To work around the problem you might want to have an image file of the 
CD on your hard drive (what some people refer to as an iso file) and use 
a loop device to mount it.

Btw. this isn't new with 8.4, as far as I remember problems like this 
exist for a long time.



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