From:	richardson AT evansville DOT edu (Tony Richardson)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: DJGPP Install Problems (DOSemu/FreeDOS beta 8)
Date:	22 May 2002 12:25:20 -0700
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eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg) wrote:
> Tony Richardson (richardson AT evansville DOT edu) wrote:
> : I'm just getting started with DJGPP (and DOSemu under Linux and
> : FreeDOS), but I couldn't find an answer by searching the archives.
>  
> : When I try to install DJGPP using the lbinstdj program I get a bunch
> : of
> : errors about not being able to create directories and files.  When I
> : look at the corresponding main directory created by the libinstdj
> : program in the linux directory tree, I see that the directory has the
> : following permissions
>  
> :   drw-rwxr-x    2 richards richards     4096 May 22 06:34 djgpp/
>  
> : I very much suspect that the no execute permission for user/owner on
> : the directory is the problem (since I can't create directories or
> : files under that directory from Linux either).
> 
> It most probably is.
> 
> : I am not using a DOS hard drive partition or an image file.  I don't
> : have a DOS partition and DOSemu seems to be dropping support for image
> : files in favor of redirecting the C drive to a linux directory tree. 
> : I suspect this is part of the problem though.
>  
> : Has anyone run into this problem?  Have a fix?
> 
> It looks like a problem in dosemu.  Ask on their list.

I'll try.  It's strange though, I can create directories under dosemu
with no problems and I've installed other software without a hitch too.

> Or perhaps your umask is too restrictive, but then you should get this
> problem from mkdir in Linux too. 

umask = 002  (RedHat User Group settings)
 
> Perhaps dosemu has some setting that prescribes certain permissions?

I couldn't find anything.  Thanks though.  I'll try the DOSemu group.

Tony Richardson

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