I downloaded linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-32bit.iso and extracted filesystem.squashfs, mounted this at mtpt and observe that in mtpt/etc/ there is nothing named 'resolv.conf' whereas there should be a symbolic link there named 'resolv.conf' pointing to '../run/resolvconf/resolv.conf'.
I downloaded linuxmint- 13-mate- dvd-32bit. iso and extracted filesystem. squashfs, mounted this at mtpt and observe that in mtpt/etc/ there is nothing named 'resolv.conf' whereas there should be a symbolic link there named 'resolv.conf' pointing to '../run/ resolvconf/ resolv. conf'.
$ md5sum linuxmint- 13-mate- dvd-32bit. iso a46fea25ec2cd55 6e linuxmint- 13-mate- dvd-32bit. iso
43ca0be4501b9d1