/instance -- this is my instance /zope -- this is a copy from an installed zope 2.7.0 with all the Problem is (in another way, but) solved! Here are the experiences:
I never be able to run zope directly from CD-rom, because in iso9960 the max directory depth is restricted to 6. (zope/lib/python/Products has some product like PluginIndexes, that has deeper structure). mkisofs (was used from linux on a win instance, tried to move from native windows to vmware running on linux) trunclated them so I do had empty dirs :)) The another problem was the case sensitiveness. zip under linux had messed up the file names on a vfat partition, while zip under win has preserved it :)) But it can be solved with setting PYTHONCASEOK to 0. So, the solution: 1. I installed zope (2.7.0) to my computer, choosing to split server and instance 2. I put server (which was under C:\Program Files) and instance into one directory 3. I corrected the paths (SOFTWARE_HOME, etc) in instance\bin\runzopes.bat and instance\etc\zope.conf. I also put '@set PYTHONCASEOK=0' to runzope.bat (just to make sure :)) 4. I zipped zope instance (and server) with winzip, 5. Unzipping this to the same directory on another compöuter, it works! So the cd-rom should contain this zip file and a script to unzip it (or a self-extractor, wow :) ) I can make a howto on this if you are interested. Lac