Matlab-6.5.1 under FC1 installation problem

[Alexander Apprich]

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