Trouble installing from Remote Disc My MacBook has no optical drive. I have a Mac installation disc mounted and shared on a local Ubuntu machine and can access it, on the MacBook through the Remote Disc device in Finder.

However, the installation package and all sub-packages, have been stripped of the dot in their file names. Hence it is not recognised as an package.

Why is this and how can I install the software?

Thanks

(To share the disc I used openssh-server on Ubuntu and Macfusion on the Mac.)
How about:


On the Ubuntu machine, make a ZIP file of the installation package.
Copy this file across to the Mac, using your existing sharing setup.
Expand it on the Mac and run it.


Edit
The actual solution can be found in the comments below: use sudo mkdir /media/test; sudo mount -t hfsplus /dev/cdrom /media/test to mount the CD on the Ubuntu machine.