I think you also need the 'exec' option in /etc/fstab to run binaries from the cdrom; check the mount(8) man page. I believe I ran into this sometime ago trying to run an installer program for applixware or something like that. Shawn Fertch wrote: > It appears to be a permissions issue with my cdrom. I copied it over to > my home directory, and I was able to make a boot disk. Anyone have any > ideas why my permissions are working properly? > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 19 09:31 cdrom/ > > /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,rx 0 0 > > Shawn > > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:58:10 -0500 > Shawn Fertch <sfertch at real-time.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:51:51 -0500 (CDT) > > Gerry <gsker at tcfreenet.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > I would look not at the permissions of makedisk (which was > > > interpreted as an executable) but at the permissions of /bin/sh and > > > at the first line of makedisk. > > > > > > > shawnf at fjorn:~$ ls -al /bin/sh > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 23 13:15 /bin/sh -> > > bash* shawnf at fjorn:~$ ls -al /bin/bash > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root bin 532960 Feb 22 2002 /bin/bash* > > shawnf at fjorn:~$ > > > > first lines of makedisk: > > VERSION="(v. 8.1.0)" > > # This is reasonable for 1.44MB floppies > > SIZELIMIT=1375 > > if [ "$1" = "" -o "$2" = "" -o ! -r "$2" ]; then > > echo > > echo "Usage: makedisk name kernel" > > echo "Example: ./makedisk bare.i bare.i/vmlinuz" > > echo "Disk is made in /dev/fd0. Target disk must be formatted." > > echo > > exit 1 > > DISKNAME=$1 > > KERNEL=$2 > > CWD=`pwd` > > MOUNT=/tmp/mnt-$$ > > if [ ! -d $MOUNT ]; then > > mkdir -p $MOUNT > > DELETE_MOUNT=true > > if [ "`du -s $2 | cut -f 1`" -gt "$SIZELIMIT" ]; then > > echo "WARNING: kernel $2 is size `du -s $2 | cut -f 1`K, exceeds > > ${SIZELIMIT}K > > ." > > echo " SKIPPING!" > > sleep 2 > > > > > > Floppy space: > > /dev/fd0 1423 0 1423 0% /floppy > > > > Everything seems to be in order... > > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- -scot