I've been using CPAN::Mini quite effectively to keep an up to date minicpan mirror on my Linux box. I've turned this into a tar file on my memory stick, and it's a neat way of carrying CPAN in my pocket :).

The combined size is ~500Mb: quite a handy size as it fits nicely on a CD. I've burned one of these to pass on to colleagues. I work in an environment where personal downloads are frowned upon, but I have approval to use CPAN modules.

I've burned one of these minicpan mirrors onto a CD, which loads nicely on Linux. The problem is that Windows sees all the file names as upper case, which stops CPAN.pm, etc. from seeing the distributions.

I've read that Joliet provides full WinNT file syntax. Is it easy to make a Joliet CD from Linux? Is this the right road to go down? Has anybody else done something like this?

--

Oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
My friends all rate Windows, I must disagree.
Your powers of persuasion will set them all free,
So oh Lord, won’t you burn me a Knoppix CD ?
(Missquoting Janis Joplin)

In reply to OT: minicpan CDROM case sensitivity problem by rinceWind

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