The message XFMail.081210234416.Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk from (Ted Harding) Ted.Harding@manchester.ac.uk contains these words:
Thanks for the reply -- but the problem is not with the PDF reader. The problem is that Linux will not mount the CDROM -- with error message as detailed in my mail.
In other words, Linux is not recognising that the CD has a valid filesystem on it. But Windows Vista *is* reecognising it (somehow).
Ah. Didn't wade through the detail - would I be cynical to think that it's a M$ ploy to make itself incompatible with the competition?