Ubuntu locks up on .cab files
Andrew Swinn
andrew at swinndesign.com
Wed May 16 08:04:23 BST 2007
Dimitri wrote:
> Hi
> Did you ever try to copy genuine XP Home and XP pro disks (for
> unattended setup) on Ubuntu?
> Ubuntu locks up (mouse jerks, graphics stalls) on copying
> \SUPPORT\TOOLS\Diploy.cab of both XP home and pro disks to a Ubuntu
> desktop. It took some 2 hours to copy 1.7mb file.
> Fresh 7.04 or 6.10 – same result. Other .cab , CD OK.
An odd problem probably linked to hardware/driver fault quite possibly.
It doesn't matter what sort of file it is, as it is all just binary
data. I just copied the same file from a Windows XP CD with no issues at
all.
My suggestion would be to check for errors while trying to copy the file
from the CD.
Open a terminal prompt Accessories -> Terminal and type in the following:
tail -f /var/log/kern.log
and press enter. This will 'follow' the last 10 lines of the kernel
error log which just might show up some data IO errors. Try to copy your
file while keeping that terminal prompt window open and look out for any
errors. Let us know if you spot anything you are concerned about.
> Also there are extra special characters in .txt files made or edited by
> Ubuntu if you open them back in Windows.
> Considering advertised compatibility of Windows and Ubuntu data formats
> such pain with .cab archives and .txt looks very dodgy.
> I know I could Google an answer but would every other migrant from
> Windows to Ubuntu bother to spent a life time just read a text file ?
From Wikipedia
"Notepad can edit files of almost any format; however, it does not treat
Unix-style text files correctly"
The problem is with Notepad not handling the newline character created
when editing a text file in Linux/Unix. The problem is with Windows
Notepad being incompatible, not Linux being incompatible with Windows
formats. There isnt one single encoding for a text file, there are many
and it is unfortunate that Notepad is missing compatibility with this
particular issue.
A suggestion may be to look into using a newer text editor in your
Windows environment that can handle newer and different text file
formats. There may also be a Linux text editor that addresses this
Notepad incompatibility. Does anyone else have suggestions for this?
Regards,
Andrew S
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