Matlab-6.5.1 under FC1 installation problem

[Joachim Backes]

On 05-May-2004 Alexander Apprich wrote:
>  Hi Joachim,
>  
>  Joachim Backes wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > does somebody have similar problems in FC1 when installing matlab-6.5.1 under FC1?
> > 
> > <cdrom mount path>/install dies with:
> > 
> >         permission denied.
> > 
> > 
> > Reason: the binaries in
> > 
> > <cdrom-mount-path>/update/bin/glnx86, for example xsetup, are not executable.
> > 
> > 
> > The file-command reports:
> > 
> >         /mnt/cdrom/update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV),
> >         for GNU
> >         /Linux 2.0.0, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
> > 
> > Some workaround?
>  
>  What does your /etc/fstab entry for your cdrom look like? Have you tried
>  adding exec to the mount options like
>  
>  /dev/cdrom   /mnt/cdrom   iso9660 noauto,owner,ro,exec 0 0
>                                                    ^^^^^^
>  Just a best guess...
>  
>  Alex

Hi, Alex,

thanx for the hint. It runs. Now, I remember: in RH 8, cdroms were standardly
executable mounted, and the first time were not was RH9, and therefore in FC1
too.

Regards

Joachim Backes

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