On Thu, 2002-08-29 at 20:17, Shawn Fertch wrote: > Okay, maybe I'm overlooking something but here's what I'm running into: > > root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# ./makedisk adaptec.s/ adaptec.s/bzImage > su: ./makedisk: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied > > Here's the permissions on the file: > > root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# ls -al makedisk > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5572 May 31 04:54 makedisk* > > Here's what the fstab says: > > root at fjorn:/cdrom/kernels# grep cdrom /etc/fstab > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,rx 0 0 > > > Am I overlooking something stupidly simple? I've got a box that won't boot from cd-rom, and it's all scsi drives/cdrom with an adaptec card that I'm trying to load. > > Is it likely you don't have the sh shell installed? on my slackware box: dns:~$ which sh /bin/sh That error seems to indicate to me that sh actually isn't there on your box. Use `which` to see if it's someplace else. Otherwise, I understand that sh is just a symlink to bash: dns:~$ ls -l /bin/sh lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Dec 4 2001 /bin/sh -> bash* -- Brent Metzler | AIM: bmetzl1999 | http://www.bmetzler.org brent at bmetzler.org | Y! : bmetzl1999 | 612-270-0119 | ICQ: 43952639 | MSN: passport at bmetzler.org