Slax forum: Having trouble getting Ubuntu to run .sh script

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	marxvolta wrote 2 years ago	reply
Hey, all. I'm really new to all this and I'm trying to make usb bootable --- So I type in the code: `cd /media/PENDRIVE/boot` and it comes out: `/media/PENDRIVE/boot$` then I type: `sudo bash bootinst.sh` and then my password and it comes up normally, I hit enter, but then I get: `Setting up MBR on /deb/stb... bootinst.sh: line 53: ./boot/syslinux/lilo: Permission denied` And I just don't understand what the deal is. I've reset the UNIX password and that didn't seem to help.

	forum wrote 2 years ago	reply
Heh .. I should say, you deserve it for running with a crippled distro like ubuntu. But I won't. Try this ... $ sudo passwd root and give your user password, and then it'll ask you for a new password for root [twice]. Then ... $ su and provide your new root password, and you'll really become root, and then you won't get the permission denied BS.

	jcsoh wrote 2 years ago	reply
"Heh .. I should say, you deserve it for running with a crippled distro like ubuntu. But I won't. " You just said it :)

	marxvolta wrote 2 years ago	reply
I tried that and got the exact same error. Any other advice?

	forum wrote 2 years ago	reply
@marxvolta ... I tried that and got the exact same error. Any other advice? ++++++++++++++++ That's a little hard to believe -- running as root, and it still won't let you write to a usbstick mbr? I dunno what else to tell you, except to get a different linux. Try to find one that comes with a root account. You can also do that [bootinst.bat] from windows -- again, you'll have to be running as an administrator, but at least all windows have an admin account.

	feeee wrote 2 years ago	reply
search the forum, its a known bug

	subkid wrote 2 years ago	reply
I use ubuntu, I think you have to right-click the file, go to properties, go to permissions, and allow executing it. If it still won't work, find a Windows PC and run bootinst.bat

	tutysra wrote 2 years ago	reply
I had excatly the same issue We need to make give them correct permission chmod 755 /boot/syslinux/* then do sudo bash bootinst.sh

	forum wrote 2 years ago	reply
I had excatly the same issue We need to make give them correct permission chmod 755 /boot/syslinux/* then do sudo bash bootinst.sh >tutysra +++++++++++++++++ That doesn't seem to me it could be the problem -- all files including syslinux on a vfat usbstick will have rwxrwxrwx permissions. root@slax:~# cd /mnt/hda3/slax612/boot/syslinux root@slax:/mnt/hda3/slax612/boot/syslinux# ls -l total 208 -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 70196 Aug 4 2009 lilo* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 404 Aug 4 2009 mbr.bin* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24592 Aug 4 2009 syslinux* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Sep 12 2007 syslinux.cfg* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21528 Aug 4 2009 syslinux.com* -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26624 Aug 4 2009 syslinux.exe* root@slax:/mnt/hda3/slax612/boot/syslinux# Vfat doesn't do permissions.

	caracole wrote 2 years ago	reply
Here's what I did to create a bootable USB drive with slax and some modules. My solution here: http://www.slax.org/forum.php?action=view&parentID=73025 Message translated from French into English with translate.google.com

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