From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020513 Description of problem: Page 36 of the install guide or http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/install-guide/s1-begininstall-net.html asks to perform cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat /location/of/disk/space. After mounting both the second and third cd I am prompted by cp to cp: overwrite './RedHat/TRANS.TBL'? '/mnt/cdrom/RedHat/TRANS.TBL' -> './RedHat/TRANS.TBL' twice for each CD. There is no mention of the correct response in the install guide. I responded yes presuming that this file is cumulative for all three installation CDs. I performed this task in liu of more information on bug 75203. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1.I would believe you could cd /home mkdir rh80 cd rh80 2.Insert CD 1 cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat . 3.umount /mnt/cdrom Insert CD 2 cp -var /mnt/cdrom/RedHat . respond to TRANS.TBL message repeat step 3 for the last CD Steps presume automounting under gnome. Actual Results: I installed the server files preparing for a network install. I will be using the TRANS.TBL from the third cd. I thought it was curios that cp prompted me twice with this message. Perhaps there were two different directories involved? The first message scrolled off the Xterm window so I could not compare the two file names. Expected Results: A description in the manual as to whether I should respond y or n to the TRANS.TBL overwrite prompt. I will know if this is ok or not when I go to perform the actual install. It would be better to be reassured via instructions in the manual that my response was correct than have to wait until install time to know the results. Additional info:
the TRANS.TBL file is not used by the Red Hat Linux installation program, so either answer (yes or no) to the prompt is fine ... to perform the copy and not be prompted as you were, I use: % cp -var --reply=no in my cp command line ... :)