[tex-live] Read-only files and other oddities

[Philip TAYLOR]

It also hangs at the same point
when sourced from Cambridge.  As
this is the second system on which
I have experienced repeated hangs
at Infra.Win32, could the team cast
any light on what unusual operations
take place as this module is loaded ?

** Phil.

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> Despite emptying F:/TeX/Live/2008, the attempt
> to install from DVD is still hanging at
> Infra.Win32.  More experiments needed, but comments
> on the read-only files would be appreciated.