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Re: [TCLUG:1906] Shell Script Question



jpschewe@usa.net wrote:

> Hey guys, I've seen this problem before, in fact I've had it.  It's a real easy fix.  When one mounts a cdrom with the defaults, no matter what the permissions, you can't execute any files off the filesystem, you must mount with the option exec, add it to the fstab or mount with.
> mount -o ro,exec /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom
>
> Jon Schewe

No joy with the the 'mount -o ro,exec' idea.  I am going to try removing the ^M tags from the orainst script and try to run it.  If it blows up, then I pitch the CD and burn a new one on Monday.

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