Submitted 22-Jun-00 by James Sparenberg:
> All,
> I've got a box with Mandrake 7.1 that I'm trying to install Star Office
> on. But I've run into the following problem. It seems that whenever I
> type the ./setup command after going into the directory on the cdrom it
> keeps giving me a Permission denied error. I've checked permissions and
> they are read execute. I'm logged into kde as root. (I've also done a
> ctrl/alt/f3 and tried it from the command line logged in as root) and I get
> the same permission denied error. No other errors are present. Since I
> can navigate to the directory on the cdrom I know it's mounted and I've
> checked permissions up the chain and they are all in line. In short I'm
> having trouble finding any difference between this box and another one that
> I have already installed Star Office on. Any suggestions? Thanks for your
> time.
I didn't instll SO from cd, so this is a shot in the dark. Is it
possible that setup is trying to write to the install media? To test,
I would recommend copying the installation tree someplace convenient
(like /tmp) and try running from there.
HTH :/
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